Heath Evans thinks players should shut up

[Mr. Scot]

Transcribed from a recent radio interview with a Boston station (link)

“Well first of all, I wish I had the athletic ability of AP’s like little finger. Alright. But he’s an idiot, and what he said was moronic at best. You hit the nail on the head. We’ve got 1900-plus guys to keep on the same page. What we have to avoid is the Nick Collins comment, the Cromartie, we have to avoid a veteran that has solidified in this league financially as well as on the field with his play really kind of jumping ship. And those comments, they hurt us. And ultimately that is what the owners are banking on because listen, we can do the math — 32 compared to 1900, they’ve got all the power, they’ve got every advantage. So we’ve got a fight ahead of us. We know that. But that doesn’t mean we cave in and try to do the right thing along the way.”

From the wording of that last sentence (and some other things) I'd say he may want to take his own advice :sosp:

[Mr. Scot]

I'm not takin' that bet :nonod:

[Rhys]

Pretty easy to present a collected unified front to the media when you're 32 billionaire old white men. Much harder to be completely tight lipped about your opinion when you're thousands of very different people in very different situations financially. Just saying.

[blackcatgrowl]

$20 paypal says that the players cave first.

If I wasn't teetering on the edge of financial hardship, I'd take that bet.

I don't think anyone is going to "cave" here. The owners want to turn the league around and boost profits of their luxury business when the average joe can't afford luxury these days. The players are operating out of emotion and bad advice, and are being led by a sociopathic lawyer who is working this situation for political gain.

The courts are going to dictate the outcome of this.