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Originally Posted by JoeRedskin

I wouldn't speculate as to what the Skins "knew" would happen. I think (and I am pretty sure I said so early in the prior thread) that, once Mara made his comments, he opened the league up to this kind of action regardless of the Redskins filing a complaint. If anything, I think the Skins & Cowboys tried hard to contain the fight by pursuing it through their weakest legal avenue. Again, as far as the collusion goes, Snyder's and Jerry's hands are not exactly pristine. To a certain extent, they were playing both ends against the middle and it now has the potential to spiral wayyyy beyond their initial manipulations.

Wow, so basicially Mara is one of the biggest idiots of all time?

Still i think its reasonable to speculate the Redskins and Cowboys knew that this was a likely outcome partly based off of their own actions. Like you said the NFLPA was waiting on the possibility of documents released through discovery that the Redskins/Cowboys were requesting. You don’t request that in arbitration knowing the consequences if youre bluffing right? I think this thing passed being just a pissing match a while back.

Whats interesting to me is that even though there is no apparent reason (right now) to think that well get our salary cap space back it feels like were winning in the form of good PR. It seems like almost everyone is on the Redskins/Cowboys side when it comes to this whole thing, and has been since the start. But that may have changed if the Redskins/Cowboys sued the NFL in a very public format. Letting the NFLPA do that may be better for positive PR, and ultimately the revenues, for 2 of the most popular teams.

I feel like the first rule of defending yourself civilly is to countersue so perhaps making a “cross claim” is true too in this regard. And if the Redskins/Cowboys had already formed a relationship with the NFLPA maybe they could help in forging a potential settlement, which could make things a lot less ugly for everyone. The NFLPA can only sue for more money to go to its players in the form of salary cap, right? Im sure 2 of the biggest and most profitable teams wouldnt mind having a bigger salary cap.