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NFLPA Files Charges Against Owners

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jasonluckydog Veteran

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

They are compensated for it and most fairly except for the some vets. Police officers know the risk they take yet they do it and knowing they dont get paid poo. If players dont want to take the risk stay in college 4 years and get that degree.

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Gazi Newbie

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then what's the problem? they aren't the ones who opted out of the CBA. if they're compensated fairly why are the owners trying to compensate them less?

Exactly. People don't understand what a lockout is. They're thinking "strike". That was the prime example.

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

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/

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.

Ticket sales are a small part of an NFL franchise's operating income. The majority of the money is from advertising and TV contracts. So even if ticket revenue was down 66%, the overall operating income would be affected much less.

I would be interested to find out what those numbers are for Jax, though.

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:smilielol5:

So you are laughing because I'm right...

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/09/28/sportsline/main6907542.shtml

League owners and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell have expressed support for cutting the preseason schedule from four games to two and expanding the regular-season schedule from 16 to 18. But the format change hasn't been approved by either the owners or the NFL Players Association.

As far as injuries go, they happen because the preseason game is played at full speed. These games are part of many player's resumes. Not just who will be cut, but what the depth charts will be. And they happen a lot.

Here's an interesting take on injuries and preseaon, which contradicts more of the "info" Fiz posted.

http://www.nysun.com/sports/nfls-preseason-is-strictly-business/59877/

Preseason injuries are a fact of life in the NFL. At some point in the next four weeks, at least one team will lose an important player for a significant portion of the regular season because of an injury suffered in an exhibition game; if a torn ACL is the worst injury suffered this preseason, the NFL should consider itself lucky. During the 1978 preseason, New England Patriots wide receiver Darryl Stingley was left paralyzed after being drilled by Oakland Raiders safety Jack Tatum. Stingley died (recently) at age 55.

According to this article, the players would stand to make more money with an 18-game schedule.

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