lockout

[SeahawkWag]

[ame="http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4887844"]Union leader: NFL lockout in 2011 quite possible - ESPN[/ame]

I know I brought this up a few months ago but now I see it in print.

 

[robdog]

This is not good news. If they have a lockout, that will be EXTREMELY bad for the league. I am just hoping this is scare tactics and they get this resolved before it is to late.

 

[Fenom]

I wonder when the NFL and the Players Association will think about the people affected by this. There are a lot of people who work at the stadiums who sell food, do security, sell game apparel and clean up. Then you have transportation which would include bus fares, ferry fares, taxi fares, gas, etc. Then you have to think about how much the stadiums would lose and the local bars, restaurants and fast food restaurants.

The networks would also lose out a lot, especially the one that would be hosting the Super Bowl for the 2011-2012 season.

 

[#ONE]

It's all about the banjamins...

The NFL doesn't give a flying F__K about anyone... as long as they get their $$$.

Same with the players, poor guys will make $3.7mil a year instead of $4.

No sympathy from me when there are thousands upon thousands of unemployeed people out there who can't even feed their kids...

cry me a river...

 

[SeahawkWag]

The players Union is also saying they are done with the salary cap. THAT would turn the NFL into MLB and I think they would lose billions on that alone. Also the NFL has the players by the balls. They get 5 billion from TV even if there is a lockout/strike. Supposedly the players were told 3 years ago to set money aside and prepare for a work stoppage in 2011. Player Unions are getting WAY to greedy. I didn't realize they got well over 1/2 the profits. Yet the players union doesn't give a phuck about the old vets.

 

[Pottsie]

It's all about the banjamins...

The NFL doesn't give a flying F__K about anyone... as long as they get their $$$.

Same with the players, poor guys will make $3.7mil a year instead of $4.

No sympathy from me when there are thousands upon thousands of unemployeed people out there who can't even feed their kids...

cry me a river...

Here, here #1... here FREAKING here baby!

 

[SeaHawksHuddle]

I wonder what the feasibility of replacement players is...

 

[#ONE]

I'd play for a few thousands bucks a month....

 

[SeahawkWag]

I'd need 5k a month so I could save up the money for a couple of new knees

 

[Fenom]

I'd play for a few thousands bucks a month....

As would I. :-D

But seriously...if there was no football after this upcoming season, what would they do? Show simulated games using Madden 11?