What are the players thinking?

[DaCityKats]

they are about to sign a contract 100's pages long, with no opt out, that is 10 years long. take your time read everything.

[Porn Shop Clerk]

those sonsabitches have liverspots for crying out loud they have too much money already

[pantherfreak]

they are probably thinking "how many preseason games can we miss?"

[SOJA]

I dont blame them for taking their time, i selfishly just want a deal done ASAP

[tiger7_88]

The players are being careful, as they should.

Ahhhh... so idiot players writing and tweeting "The owners are lying!", "The owners are trying to cheat!", "Don't believe anything the owners say!" are just being CAREFUL.

Well... I'll be damned.

[DaCityKats]

Ahhhh... so idiot players writing and tweeting "The owners are lying!", "The owners are trying to cheat!", "Don't believe anything the owners say!" are just being CAREFUL.

Well... I'll be damned.

yeah considering they were saying that because they have yet to get the copy of the cba. if you noticed there mood did change once they had the document.

[firstdayfan]

Brighter news... Vincent Jackson has backpedaled and now doesn't want the 10 mil... One less hurdle I guess... I don't expect anything b4 Wednesday... If it happens b4 that...

*Bonus*

I think the recertification is what's going to hold this up...I heard a player last night on the radio say that he isn't sure everyone even wants to be a union. I think they want to try and proove that decertifying wasn't just a tactic and that it was a legitimate process.

[firstdayfan]

You were the one bitching about your work hours.

Have you ever been exposed to real corporate contracts? Hundred page contracts? They are effectively written in another language.

This is due dilligence. I'd take as long as I fuging felt like.

I guess I haven't...I guess this document is so difficult to read and understand that it should take days to fully understand what is in it and read all the fine print. Your absolutely right... The players are right, they should sit at home and watch tv and stay by the phone in case their lawyers find something they don't like. Of course the players are just doing their due diligence when they say they were lied to and bamboozled by a proposal that their representatives helped negotiate. Of course the players need time to think about this contract bc it's going to be 10 years before they can get more money and less practice. You couldn't be more correct in saying that they should take as much time as they want also while saying they want to get back to work and they want to get back to football. I don't know why anybody thinks the players have an agenda...I mean they decertified their union so they could sue their employers bc they locked them out now the owners want to open up the doors and these same players say no...we're good.

I surrender to your wisdom and expertise on this subject.

[Snake]

I think the recertification is what's going to hold this up...I heard a player last night on the radio say that he isn't sure everyone even wants to be a union. I think they want to try and proove that decertifying wasn't just a tactic and that it was a legitimate process.

They will have to re-certify at some point because if not the NFL can face class action at any point. There will never be a deal without it.

[mmmbeans]

I guess I haven't...I guess this document is so difficult to read and understand that it should take days to fully understand what is in it and read all the fine print. Your absolutely right... The players are right, they should sit at home and watch tv and stay by the phone in case their lawyers find something they don't like. Of course the players are just doing their due diligence when they say they were lied to and bamboozled by a proposal that their representatives helped negotiate. Of course the players need time to think about this contract bc it's going to be 10 years before they can get more money and less practice. You couldn't be more correct in saying that they should take as much time as they want also while saying they want to get back to work and they want to get back to football. I don't know why anybody thinks the players have an agenda...I mean they decertified their union so they could sue their employers bc they locked them out now the owners want to open up the doors and these same players say no...we're good.

I surrender to your wisdom and expertise on this subject.

jesus, stop whining.

I was just trying to explain what's probably going on. Sorry it doesn't correspond to the contract that you signed to get into the army and therefor refuse to understand that there might actually be a legitimate reason why several hundred people would need more than a couple of days to review a document that is probably hundreds of pages long. Be as bitchy and indignant as you want, you'll still be watching when the season starts.

[mmmbeans]

Ahhhh... so idiot players writing and tweeting "The owners are lying!", "The owners are trying to cheat!", "Don't believe anything the owners say!" are just being CAREFUL.

Well... I'll be damned.

wat?

[Jangler]

Players shouldn't be tweetin' anything.

[teeray]

I am pretty convinced that this was pre-ordained which is why they balked on actually voting on Wednesday. They knew the owners would vote Thursday and they could try to use it as a way to try to gain back some leverage.

They purposely wanted the owners to vote first.

[thefuzz]

The players aren't losing nor making any money by not signing until next week. What they are doing is making sure they like the language, and posturing.

The owners have them by the balls, the players are just trying to save a little bit of face by not slobbing the knob of the cba right out of the gate.