Lockout judge thinks players have "strong case"

[countryboi]

i really dont see her granting an preliminary injunction even if the players have a strong case.

[pnthrs]

Nelson isn't likely to rule on the injunction request Wednesday. She could side with the players and grant the injunction, putting pro football back in business. Or she could side with the owners and either deny the injunction or wait to decide until the NLRB rules on the league's contention that decertification was an improper bargaining ploy.

The winner would have fresh leverage whenever talks on a new collective bargaining agreement resume. Of course, whatever Nelson decides will almost surely be appealed.

Confused? Just wait. It could become even more complicated if Nelson lifts the lockout, which wouldn't be as simple as it might sound. How then to handle free agency could be a major contention, as far as which players are eligible and whether a salary cap would be in place.

This is one of the league's arguments against the injunction, claiming the uncertainty of putting football back in place without a labor pact would have a "detrimental effect" on the league's competitive balance.

That scenario would be "difficult, if not impossible, to unscramble the egg and return those players" to their original teams if the NFL were to ultimately win this case, league attorneys wrote in a court filing. League spokesman Greg Aiello declined further comment.

The league has accused the players of a "heads I win, tails you lose" tack that wants antitrust scrutiny to apply whether there's a lockout or not.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d81f1d6c1/article/court-proceedings-between-nfl-players-begin-in-minnesota?module=HP_headlines

[Highlandfire]

Good, end the damn lockout and let there be football!

This year. After that the league will be totally fuged thanks to the players getting what they want.

You guys are so fuging short sighted it isn't funny. The players get their way and there won't be a league in 10 years. fug the players. If they win I hope the NFL closes up shop for a year or two and reopens under a new business model.

[Hawk]

who let a woman decide our football future?

[jpniner]

This year. After that the league will be totally fuged thanks to the players getting what they want.

You guys are so fuging short sighted it isn't funny. The players get their way and there won't be a league in 10 years. fug the players. If they win I hope the NFL closes up shop for a year or two and reopens under a new business model.

The Panthers are already a "troubled asset" at BofA, this would be the nail in the coffin financially.

The owners need to close shop, re-organize a new league with same teams and put up a "we are hiring" sign out front with a clause that forbids a Union.

[blackcatgrowl]

The Panthers are already a "troubled asset" at BofA, this would be the nail in the coffin financially.

The owners need to close shop, re-organize a new league with same teams and put up a "we are hiring" sign out front with a clause that forbids a Union.

If the players "win", I can really see this happening. We'll all lose.

[Snake]

What was said is far from a judgment and for the sake of the NFL I hope the players lose and lose badly. D.Smith is hell bent on destroying the NFL and the small players.

[The Other Colbert]

So when could a judgement be made?

[Mr. Scot]

They've adjourned a second time with no ruling.

The judge reportedly asked both sides why they weren't in mediation.

(answer being that the players walked out of the talks, but how it went in court I don't know)

[SCP]

good question.

To answer the judges question, they are spoiled ass brats.

[Wyank]

Wonder if the Judge is nervous at all. Is she custom to handling a case when millions are watching and analyzing her every move that is leaked to the public? Going to be a stressful couple of months for her for sure. Could make or break her career.

[XClown1986]

Best case scenario is she will order that both sides resume negotiations and give them a 2 week deadline. If they still can't get it worked out (which would be ridiculous) then I really think that the owners will win this.

[blackcatgrowl]

Wonder if the Judge is nervous at all. Is she custom to handling a case when millions are watching and analyzing her every move that is leaked to the public? Going to be a stressful couple of months for her for sure. Could make or break her career.

Naa. Whatever she rules will be auto-appealed. This issue is way more complex than one judge's ruling.

[CarolinaVeins]

I agree she should rule that they go back and negotiate for another two weeks or she will make a judgement both of them wont like