NFLPA Files Charges Against Owners

[Darth Urious]

i mean, yeah, i like the players, but what about when im an nfl owner? i wouldn't want them threatening to lockout

If you're ever an owner, I want to work in the front office... maybe even GM or something...

[beastson]

Employee is working for someone. I dont see how the players work for the owner. NFL is one big partnership

If anything all yall money greedy muthafugas are employees of the fans the city ya ass in

[The Faceless]

Wasn't there a sticky not too long ago detailing the specifics of the CBA situation?

[ItsNotGonnaBeAlright]

every sports league has an anti trust exemption since it's basically they're cartels. to get around this legally it's set up that the union represents all players.

if they dissolve the union then they'll have a class action suit against the owners for collusion which they would win and no self respecting person could argue against them.

unless they just flat out don't give a poo about being wrong.

Ok. I wasn't thinking of the NFL in the light of a monopoly, probably because I grew up with the exemptions in place and never gave much thought to the subject.

Makes sense though.

[Gazi]

Wow, now I'm sure that 90% of people don't understand the difference between LOCKOUT and STRIKE

Players aren't locking out owners, you know?

[Gazi]

Greedy owners are locking out players and will most certainly kill the golden goose. Serves them right

[rodeo]

Comrades, come rally, and the last fight let us face. The NFLPA unites the human race.

[jasonluckydog]

The owners take the biggest risk the players act like the NFL is a right not a privilege, players are not compensated equally though rookies get huge contracts and most dont deserve it while older players get vet min. The rookie pay scale is the best thing to happen to the NFL and the Union should focus on that and none of this other bullpoo.

[Gazi]

Players don't take any risk on that field? Add 2 extra games worth of hits to that brain.

[Fiz]

The owners take the biggest risk the players act like the NFL is a right not a privilege, players are not compensated equally though rookies get huge contracts and most dont deserve it while older players get vet min. The rookie pay scale is the best thing to happen to the NFL and the Union should focus on that and none of this other bullpoo.

lol

[ItsNotGonnaBeAlright]

New question: If the teams of the NFL and the NFL organization are considered legally to be two seperate entities (or 33 seperate entities, depending on how you want to word it), would a settlement in this lawsuit hurt team revenues or only the revenues of the NFL?

[blackcatgrowl]

i took that from another messageboard but it's basically a perfect summation of the financial situation.

there are other posts about what is actually happening but no one in these threads actually care about that and they always devolve into people comparing the nfl to their tire retreading business.

All the "figures" in the re-post is in contradiction to this:

There were just 7 blackouts in 2006, compared to 26 this year.

There are 256 games played every season (16 home games a week, *17 weeks (*factoring in byes, its actually 16 weeks))

7 games not being sold out is 2.7% of all games not being sold out. 26 games is over 10% of all games not being sold out.

In these events, it costs the team money and not just in ticket sales. They often have to lower the costs of FUTURE games too. Raheem Morris talked about the NFL and the economy late last year regarding Blackouts.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/09/15/raheem-morris-wants-nfl-to-change-blackout-policy/

Though Morris may not be able to buy all the tickets himself, the reality is that, last year, the Bucs paid 34 cents on the dollar as to any non-premium tickets, ensuring a string of “sellouts”.

If your operating income is reduced 66 cents on the dollar, wouldn't you see some financial problems?

And ALL of these figures are 2009... 2010 could prove a dramatically harsher economic climate for the NFL.

[Gazi]

It's like saying: Don King too more risks than Ali's brain during Ali's prime when he couldn't do no wrong in drawing a crowd.

[Fiz]

side with the owners or they'll turn us into zombies