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Half a season in 2011 instead of none at all.

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I doubt the whole year is locked out, what happened in 1982 and 1987 during the player strikes was 3 or 6 weeks were lost and then after both sides couldn't stand losing all the money they were losing they came to an agreement. Even thought we might miss a few weeks of football in 2011 we will not be losing an entire season.

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I think most owners have made moves to where they will be alright when the lockout happens. The Players are gonna be the ones suffering and I doubt the Union is gonna help with that.

exactly, so when the players start to lose millions and millions of dollars after 4 or 6 weeks they will find themselves running to the table. players should get 51% of revenue owners 49%, besides owners have to pay the rest of the stadium workers and stadium upkeep, players being selfish really.

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All of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd year players that were drafted outside of the first 2 rounds will be camped outside of the stadium gates with their pads on by week 5 if there is a lockout.

Those guys don't have enough extra cash to sling around after paying the agents and taxes, buying new cars, and having a pimp pad, to be missing out on that much $.

They will fold first, and soon thereafter the stars will show back up.

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Until there is a lockout, I will believe there won't be one. Yes, that is me hoping beyond hope. It just wouldn't surprise me to see them get a deal done at the last minute. If there is a lockout, I guess I'll be able to go on a real vacation in the second half of the year for a change.

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lockout or no lockout I hope there is a rookie salary cap put in place, that would help save some owners some money

Not really, that money would then go to vets. And for the record, I'm on the players' side on this issue. I work for a fortune 100 company and am not expected to pay for our building, I don't think the players should have to forfeit money for stadium upkeep. If it weren't for the players there would be no use for stadiums. Not to mention the risk this guys, yes knowingly, take with each snap to have absolute crap for medical care down the road when they're much more likely to need it.

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Not really, that money would then go to vets. And for the record, I'm on the players' side on this issue. I work for a fortune 100 company and am not expected to pay for our building, I don't think the players should have to forfeit money for stadium upkeep. If it weren't for the players there would be no use for stadiums. Not to mention the risk this guys, yes knowingly, take with each snap to have absolute crap for medical care down the road when they're much more likely to need it.

And what exactly do you make at this company? I doubt very seriously you make over 250K a year and that is near the bare min NFL players can make and thats for scrubs. These guys are playing a game that a overwhelming majority of ppl that play it take the same risks and don't get a cent. NFL players (and pro sports players in general) make way too much.

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Not really, that money would then go to vets. And for the record, I'm on the players' side on this issue. I work for a fortune 100 company and am not expected to pay for our building, I don't think the players should have to forfeit money for stadium upkeep. If it weren't for the players there would be no use for stadiums. Not to mention the risk this guys, yes knowingly, take with each snap to have absolute crap for medical care down the road when they're much more likely to need it.

If it weren't for the owners taking on hundreds of millions in debt to buy the teams, there wouldn't be stadiums or teams for which to play. Players do put their bodies on the line but are pretty well compensated for it. Owners should make a profit since they are taking all the risk financially. There are a lot of careers as risky or more so than football players for which they get much less compensation. Even among sports football isn't the riskiest. Rugby players make much less than football players and it is much worse for injuries and the like. Players don't hold the cards here and if they strike will end up losing quite a bit.

I think there will be a lockout but that by the end of preseason it will be resolved with a shorter preseason schedule and still a 16 game regular season.

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lol, I would think the players could afford medical coverage so I found that funny. However, insurance companies will not cover a professional athlete. And after players retire, medical records will show a "paper trail" to long lasting injuries that were caused by football- in turn, causing them ineligable for coverage (even if its conditional coverage).

As to the vets getting that money- I haven't heard much talk to that actually being the case since there is/was about 400 million available for vets under the CBA.

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