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So the NFLPA asked for 10 years of audited financial statements, and the owners wouldn't do it. Hmmm... Might be taking this out of context but it seems like the owners are terrified of that being used as leverage against them.
The way the analysts are saying.. there's no way there won't be any games missed... it seems like a long process from what ESPN has described it to be. I just hope there is a short season.
NFL lawyer on stating his case now. Mentionign everything they did....yet no mention of opening up the books like the union asked for. Sounds pretty simple to me....if you say you are losing $$ then let us see.
If the shortened season ends up being 12 weeks the Texans are screwed. We all know where they end up at the 12 week mark
Sad but certainly expected. I guess MLB, CFL and NHL will have to feed the hunger for a while. NBA isn't in any better position for it could be a LONG 2011 Fall.
Teddy Bruschi said it on ESPN today, the head of the union always told them under no circumstances are they to give a dime of money back, ever. Doesn't matter what the books say. Players are going to lose out unless they can find some judge to give them leverage (when negotiation fails, there's always force of law to get your way right?). I like how ESPN keeps saying this judge has a reputation for siding with players. You would think it should be a mark of professional shame for a judge to have a reputation for favoring certain parties, rather than considering the facts of a case. IMO the owners can hold out far longer than the players.
Agree with you. The owners want to conceal the boatloads of profits they make because it would betray their rhetoric. They made a mistake opting out early.
Except the individual teams are competitors with each other. They don't want other teams to know the details of their financials. Based on what I read that the players were wanting, the owners shouldn't be giving that much detail out. We have actual detailed financials for one team - the Packers - and there's no evidence of boatloads of money being made.
If I was congress I would make every team open their books. They take public subsidies. Didn't bob mcnair loan the city so they could buy land for his team?
isnt that whats going to happen in court though, ie: the books will be forced to be open and looked at? another question i have, whose "side" are the coaches on in this? i know most dont say anything, are they neutral to the whole thing? or do they pull for the owners since owners pay them?
Brees, Manning and Brady already filled an antitrust suit against the league. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/12/us-nfl-dispute-players-lawsuit-idUSTRE72B0HY20110312 NEW YORK | Fri Mar 11, 2011 11:05pm EST (Reuters) - NFL quarterbacks Tom Brady, Peyton Manning and Drew Brees have filed a class-action antitrust lawsuit against the league. Brady of the New England Patriots, Indianapolis' Manning, New Orleans' Brees and seven other players have asked the U.S. District Court in Minneapolis for an injunction to keep the NFL and its teams from locking out players. The players allege the league and its teams "have jointly agreed and conspired to deny plaintiffs the ability to provide and/or market their services." The 52-page lawsuit was filed after labor talks between the NFL Players Association (NFLPA) and the NFL broke down and the players union applied to dissolve itself. Also bringing the complaint are Vincent Jackson of the San Diego Chargers, Ben Leber and Brian Robison of the Minnesota Vikings, the Patriots' Logan Mankins, Osi Umenyiora of the New York Giants, Mike Vrabel of the Kansas City Chiefs and Texas A&M University linebacker Von Miller, who is entered in this year's draft. (Reporting by Gene Cherry in Salvo, North Carolina. Editing by Patrick Johnston) ---------------------------------------------- I hope we have NFL football next season.
