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The end of the NFL as we know it!

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http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/04/27/players-ask-for-1-billion-bond-if-stay-is-granted/

The NFLPA* has filed their opposition to the NFL’s request for a stay following Judge Susan Nelson’s ruling to lift the lockout on Monday.

As you would expect, it’s filled with the sort of legal maneuvers that will get the average football fan pining for talk about Pittsburgh’s offensive line.

Albert Breer of NFL Network breaks down the 23-page filing, with a few key notes: (...)

2. The players want the NFL to immediately implement a system which does not violate antitrust laws.

For the casual fan that may not understand what this means; the NFLPA is asking the courts to force the NFL to move to a system that does not inclue a draft, a salary cap or retrictions on free agency like tenders and tags.

Goodell may be an asshole for all I know. So the players may be right about that but Goodell wasn't just trying to scare people with his op-ed piece from last night. The end of the NFL as we know it has begun.

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as an advocate of the free market, I'm glad that finally the special considerations that have impeded the natural flow of economics are finally being done away with.

Now the best players from college will be adequately rewarded for their performances. This will provide incentives for them to play better in college and improve the junior game. Law firms don't get to have drafts, why should the NFL?

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as an advocate of the free market, I'm glad that finally the special considerations that have impeded the natural flow of economics are finally being done away with.

Now the best players from college will be adequately rewarded for their performances. This will provide incentives for them to play better in college and improve the junior game. Law firms don't get to have drafts, why should the NFL?

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Okay Fiz,

Enjoy watching the Cowboys win every year.

Why should this upset me? Am I upset when Goldman Sachs or JP Morgan have the largest returns?

Should we break up Wal-Mart, one of the most successful business in American history? Or maybe Home Depot?

this is simply an expression of the free market and true conservatives, not RINOs, should embrace it.

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Why should this upset me? Am I upset when Goldman Sachs or JP Morgan have the largest returns?

Should we break up Wal-Mart, one of the most successful business in American history? Or maybe Home Depot?

this is simply an expression of the free market and true conservatives, not RINOs, should embrace it.

Your views are fine and all, but it doesn't change the fact that football will be mighty boring.

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But do you think having no drafts is detrimental to this small market team?

I doubt the best players in college will want to play for the Carolina panthers.

Goo free market but see ya Carolina Panthers.

Obviously the Panthers will simply have to make themselves more attractive to potential new players and free agents.

As it stands now it's a perfect investment opportunity. There are plenty of people wanting to get into the NFL, a medium market team like the Panthers now offers them the chance.

I look forward to the influx in foreign capital. I think this is unequivocally what free market advocates should be looking forward to. It's a chance for the invisible hand to justly regulate the market.

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It spans further than that. Every major American sport that has a draft or salary cap will go this route if the government rules in favor of the players on this. Think it costs a lot to go to a game now? Just wait until your paying 3x what we do now for to spectate these games. While the model works in economics (not well, but functional), this model does not work with athletics. The NFLPA is putting itself on an IV drip and they don't even know it.

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It spans further than that. Every major American sport that has a draft or salary cap will go this route if the government rules in favor of the players on this. Think it costs a lot to go to a game now? Just wait until your paying 3x what we do now for to spectate these games. While the model works in economics (not well, but functional), this model does not work with athletics. The NFLPA is putting itself on an IV drip and they don't even know it.

How is it bad if people are willing to pay more to go to a game than you are?

Maybe you should work harder, or re prioritize so you can afford psls. It's not the owners fault demand outstrips your ability to pay for their product.

There are plenty of smaller football leagues you can enjoy.

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