Possibility of Replacements?

[blackcatgrowl]

The replacements would be because the regular players are on strike. If there's no strike, there's no replacements.

I guess you're not seeing the point...

The players have no formal mechanism to strike without the Union. If they re-certify the union, they risk being found guilty of improper barganing while being investigated by the Labor board, and having their cases thrown out that are currently in courts. It's a catch 22 for them.

So if they have no way of organizing a strike, they probably won't, because there's no way to guarantee no one will cross the picket lines.

The owners agreed on a new CBA pending the ratification by the NFLPA. If the players reject the deal, then there is NOTHING to stop the owners from lifting the lockout, based on the grounds that it was an agreement among clubs, then saying "We have a deal among ourselves as owners. If you come to work, you abide by that deal."

Then if the players don't show up, the owners can say they are in breach of contract, and start hiring replacements.

This is a complicated matter and is not just a simple "Players no strike. Replacements no come."

[Jangler]

replacements at this point would be a disaster, might as well watch the WNBA.

[KBRed]

[Mother Grabber]

I view this as...

The NFL is open for business. The owners of the business have opened the doors, you can come in and buy as much chicken and bizkits as you'd like.

The question is, will the employees show up on Monday to fry the chicken and run the registers?

The follow up, then, if they don't show up will the owners fire them and hire new employees, try to appease the current employees, or close the stores back up?

Call them a union or disgruntled workers. Call them replacements or scabs or whatever. Really what it boils down to is the players either show up or not. If they do, yay. If not, what then?

[weymouthst]

I would let Keanu be our QB.

Jk. I fugging hate Keanu Reeves. If I met him in real life, I would literally flip him off in his face.

After I had a picture taken with him.

REPLACEMENTS.

[blackcatgrowl]

Really what it boils down to is the players either show up or not. If they do, yay. If not, what then?

Well, ya, that's sort of the question I'm posing... it's a "what if".

What if the owners say "screw you non-unionized workers, we're hiring new people". Is the chaos surrounding the resolution of this issue strong enough to enable that?

[Mother Grabber]

He was a great college QB, before he got mixed up with those bank robbing surfer guys.

[Mother Grabber]

Let's get em in there to fry up that chicken!

[MHS831]

This goes to a vote Monday. 50% will be surpassed. However, hypothetically, if they took replacements, and there is no union, there could be no strike. So many players would report.

[Mother Grabber]

There's no official union, but that doesn't mean there's no union. They've been behaving an awful lot like a union ever since the officially decertified.

[House]

The owners pretty much just showed the players that they are not their intellectual peers. They sent the players a huge Hallmark card that read "On your special day.....fug You Very Much.". The players are in a very small corner.

[MHS831]

There's no official union, but that doesn't mean there's no union. They've been behaving an awful lot like a union ever since the officially decertified.

Right, but you cannot organize a strike without the presence of a union. The word union means a group. Not trying to be disrespectful because I know your point, but a strike is action taken by the workers, collectively bound and strengthened by the union. Without a union, there is no strength to fight the man.

[Squirrel]

Smitty would have a field day on the pick line.

[Lumps]

I don't think so, they aren't 'employed' via contract under the new CBA so you can't go on strike if you're not employed. Just a guess