NFL lockout

[papapepper]

So will there be football next year or no? If there isn't, how do you feel about it? Whats your opinion?

[Juiced4v]

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[Sgt Beavis]

So much money to be lost. Yes I think they'll get a deal done. Even if they don't the players union will just disband and force the owners to make deals with individual players. The American Needle ruling prevents owners from acting in collusion with each other. Past cases with the Union have gone against the owners as well.

I think the onus falls on the owners to get things done, so I think it will.

My question is whether or not they really will have an 18 game season. The union came out in support of it but it is very clear that the players themselves don't like it at all. I wonder why the Union is good with it?

[mstng86]

I think they are to blind to realize the good deal they have now.

Anyone know if they are holding tryouts yet?

[krazy kris]

yes there will be football next season I don't see how they could pass up the opportunity to make billions of dollars, but if they can't figure out how to divide all that money up then they don't need to be in the NFL.

[BERT]

I kind of hope their is no season next year, just to see how people react. I don't really care for pro football except for the Cowboys. And even then, i find myself napping through most of the games

[Slowhand]

I can't wait for a fall without pro football. A summer full of speculation and over analysis by ESPN will make Sportscenter unwatchable, but it's already almost unwatchable as it is.

A double-whammy with lockouts in the NBA and NFL would be incredible, but I won't hold my breath.

[pHILSANITY07]

lockouts are bad for everyone. fans cause they dont have the nfl to watch or go see. owners cause they lose money for not having home games. players cause they dont get paid. you want an example of what could happen to the nfl if they lockout, go look at the NHL and the MLB after their lockout

[pHILSANITY07]

also, who the fuck is jose? not in a rude way lol

[Lason]

Im not sure which way it will go but I dont see a lockout happening. Worse case the owners cave, they have the most to loose IMO.

[krazy kris]

I kind of hope their is no season next year, just to see how people react. I don't really care for pro football except for the Cowboys. And even then, i find myself napping through most of the games

thats because your a Cowboys fan

[bpawl]

lockouts are bad for everyone. fans cause they dont have the nfl to watch or go see. owners cause they lose money for not having home games. players cause they dont get paid. you want an example of what could happen to the nfl if they lockout, go look at the NHL and the MLB after their lockout

isn't the NHL in better shape after the lockout? not that I watch it, or am a fan, just recall hearing on the radio one day that they did the lockout and actually got everything right for the players and owners

[bcoop]

If Jerry Jones is preparing for a lockout, there will be a lockout. Every other owner in the NFL falls in line with Jones when it comes to things like this. His flat out refusal over profit sharing is a major part of why they are where they are now. And I have to say, I don't blame him. Why should he have to support all the shit markets that can't support a professional team? Move the teams to a market that can, and will support a pro team. Failure is failure, and it's time for teams like the Jags to admit defeat.


Fun fact of the day. Dallas Cowboys apparel accounts for TWENTY FIVE percent of all NFL apparel sales.

[bcoop]

isn't the NHL in better shape after the lockout? not that I watch it, or am a fan, just recall hearing on the radio one day that they did the lockout and actually got everything right for the players and owners

Well, hockey is pretty much irrelevant afterthe lockout. Just look at ticket sales. They may never fully recover, to the point they were at pre-lockout. I used to watch and attend a ton of Stars games before the lockout. I haven't watched 5 minutes of hockey since.

The baseball lockout fucked MLB as well, and I don't know if they have recovered fully yet either.

[Who Needs 8]

I vote A and C (which should read: Jose is my favorite website owner)