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NFL motion for appeal of stay denied

CatMan72

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So...to idiots like myself, what does this mean right now? before Game 1? for the future of football?

Right now it means that the NFL is legally obligated to lift the lockout, as of right now.

I would say that it ensures we will miss no football this season, no matter how happy or unhappy the NFL, and the owners, are with it.

And, I think that it means the players just got an enormous amount of leverage in the negotiating.

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Okay so we can have trades and free agency as soon as tonight or what?

Not necessarily, but the league year has to start. The NFL has to set up the year, and that takes a while. They can drag their feet as long as they can show they aren't stonewalling to the judge.

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But won't the NFL have to return to business as usual until the 8th circuit court rules on their appeal?

Once again, legally that's supposed to be what happens, but from what Goodell and reps of the NFL have been saying all day, they might try and postpone and delay that happening as long as they can, preferably until the 8th Circuit has rendered their decision.

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Nelson, who lifted the NFL lockout on Monday, has denied the league’s request for a stay on her ruling. The league wanted to keep the lockout in place and avoid starting the new league year until their appeal was heard, but Nelson was unmoved.

She wrote that the NFL “has not met its burden for a stay pending appeal, expedited or otherwise.”

The NFL continues to lose in the courtroom, which means we are getting closer to teams being forced to fully open their doors for business. The league is rapidly running out of legal maneuvers.

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Judge ordered NFL to start its league year immediately, but said no team is obligated to sign free agents. Trades in question.

The NFL continues to lose in the courtroom, which means we are getting closer to teams being forced to fully open their doors for business. The league is rapidly running out of legal maneuvers.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/04/27/nelson-denies-nfl-request-for-stay-on-ruling/
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Also, per Adam Schefter:

Judge ordered NFL to start its league year immediately, but said no team is obligated to sign free agents. Trades in question.

So, the new league year is to start as of right now, I would assume.

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Not necessarily, but the league year has to start. The NFL has to set up the year, and that takes a while. they can drag their feet as long as they can show they aren't stonewalling.

They can't drag their feet for too long... if not for the lockout, which the court has lifted, the new league year would have already started and there would be FA and trades right now, so how can the owners justify not starting the new league year right away?

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Lesson for the owners: good luck finding a court that will feel sorry for a bunch of billionaires claiming they don't make enough money in the middle of a recession.

It's more like: Good luck finding a liberal judge that's NOT going to rule in favor of a union.

This is why the owners feel confident that it will be overturned on appeal (because they will be standing in front of conservative judges).

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