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SBXVII · 05-25-2012, 02:52 PM

NC, I agree he's a clown and the players were idiots to keep him in place. However I still say there is a difference between the NLFPA believing collusion was happening (prior to March 11th) and possibly even their having physical evidence on or after March 11th. I know... WTF am I saying? lol. Lets say you know the NFL is colluding but you don't have actual proof. None of the owners are coming out and saying "yea we had this agreement to keep costs down", and otherwise all you have is the fact there were no major deals struck (which by the way everyone thought would happen) and no teams restructuring contracts to pay off the majority of the contract in the uncapped year, then you can only guess there is something up.

Then you have a few teams either spending money or restructuring their players contracts and the NFL approves those deals then your collusion case is kinda weak.

Then out of the blue the NFL calls you and says "hey if you don't agree to this we will have to lower the CAP" (and leave you with no proof of collusion), or "if you agree to the punishment we will make sure the CAP stays the same" (they have the proof: blackmail/strong arm tactics, the signed agreement to allow the punishment for some rule violation, and the actual punishment for the rule violation).

I'll take the agreeing everytime in order to get and have more ammunition for a collusion case. Now why did it take so long? Paper work is a lot of hard work, looking into the CBA and notes to see if you can file will take time, and possibly being a co-defendant in an appeals case might make you not file your charges until after the appeal is completed and making sure there is no way you can be used to convict your self in the appeals case.

05-25-2012, 02:52 PM	#89
SBXVII Franchise Player Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Virginia Posts: 7,766	Re: NFLPA Files Collusion Lawsuit Against NFL, Owners NC, I agree he's a clown and the players were idiots to keep him in place. However I still say there is a difference between the NLFPA believing collusion was happening (prior to March 11th) and possibly even their having physical evidence on or after March 11th. I know... WTF am I saying? lol. Lets say you know the NFL is colluding but you don't have actual proof. None of the owners are coming out and saying "yea we had this agreement to keep costs down", and otherwise all you have is the fact there were no major deals struck (which by the way everyone thought would happen) and no teams restructuring contracts to pay off the majority of the contract in the uncapped year, then you can only guess there is something up. Then you have a few teams either spending money or restructuring their players contracts and the NFL approves those deals then your collusion case is kinda weak. Then out of the blue the NFL calls you and says "hey if you don't agree to this we will have to lower the CAP" (and leave you with no proof of collusion), or "if you agree to the punishment we will make sure the CAP stays the same" (they have the proof: blackmail/strong arm tactics, the signed agreement to allow the punishment for some rule violation, and the actual punishment for the rule violation). I'll take the agreeing everytime in order to get and have more ammunition for a collusion case. Now why did it take so long? Paper work is a lot of hard work, looking into the CBA and notes to see if you can file will take time, and possibly being a co-defendant in an appeals case might make you not file your charges until after the appeal is completed and making sure there is no way you can be used to convict your self in the appeals case.