Unhappy With The NFL Lockout? Blame Both Parties, But Blame The Players A Little More
The NFLPA has decertified and we are now in the midst of a lockout. I really am riding the fence on this one. I understand the owners may need more money but I also understand the need by the players to see their books. How many times can you ask the other party for something and not get it? It's the same thing as when I ask my 4 year old to clean up her toys. I have to ask multiple times and sometimes it ends up in a timeout. Either way, it's a pain in my ass and someone ends up crying.
Well now the players are in "timeout" and it remains to be seen who will be the party that ends up crying. I understand the owners were pushing this toward decertification, but I can't help but feel like the players screwed the PR pooch on this one. Especially since the owners' last ditch offer consisted of some decent compromises, other than the big one of course. The NFLPA had been playing this perfectly: the owners opted out of the CBA early, they were willing to talk about every request they only asked for proof from the owners.
So the NFLPA feels that the best way to do this is in the courts. I really have to disagree and apparently DeMaurice Smith and his minions are not concerned in the least by how the last NHL labor stoppage ended- with the players losing a lot more than they would have had they taken their owners' final offer.
The NFLPA now are the ones who walked away from negotiating. You can't look me in the eye and tell me you couldn't have made another extension. There's always an option. In the end, the owners won't be repudiated for failing to honor the NFLPA's request for the 218th time, to me the players walked away.
And for that, I'm angry. Let's not get crazy, there will be football again one day. We may not even miss a regular season game next season, but I'm still angry.
I'm angry the sides aren't talking.
I'm angry that teams can't go through a normal free agency before the NFL Draft.
I'm angry that I can't make a coherent plan for my fantasy football keepers because I have no idea who's going where.
I'm angry that all there is to talk about this great sport is how two groups of grown men- business partners, really- could not come up with a way to share the gargantuan amounts of money that is generated by professional football. I understand the players not wanting to give it up freely, but I can't understand the need to end the talks in March.
And for all the curmudgeonly acts by the owners, it's the players who ultimately pushed this into the courts. No one is accusing the players of wanting more money. I'm accusing them of not wanting to talk anymore. No matter what the courts end up deciding on the CBA front, the players are guilty in my eyes.
Well now the players are in "timeout" and it remains to be seen who will be the party that ends up crying. I understand the owners were pushing this toward decertification, but I can't help but feel like the players screwed the PR pooch on this one. Especially since the owners' last ditch offer consisted of some decent compromises, other than the big one of course. The NFLPA had been playing this perfectly: the owners opted out of the CBA early, they were willing to talk about every request they only asked for proof from the owners.
So the NFLPA feels that the best way to do this is in the courts. I really have to disagree and apparently DeMaurice Smith and his minions are not concerned in the least by how the last NHL labor stoppage ended- with the players losing a lot more than they would have had they taken their owners' final offer.
The NFLPA now are the ones who walked away from negotiating. You can't look me in the eye and tell me you couldn't have made another extension. There's always an option. In the end, the owners won't be repudiated for failing to honor the NFLPA's request for the 218th time, to me the players walked away.
And for that, I'm angry. Let's not get crazy, there will be football again one day. We may not even miss a regular season game next season, but I'm still angry.
I'm angry the sides aren't talking.
I'm angry that teams can't go through a normal free agency before the NFL Draft.
I'm angry that I can't make a coherent plan for my fantasy football keepers because I have no idea who's going where.
I'm angry that all there is to talk about this great sport is how two groups of grown men- business partners, really- could not come up with a way to share the gargantuan amounts of money that is generated by professional football. I understand the players not wanting to give it up freely, but I can't understand the need to end the talks in March.
And for all the curmudgeonly acts by the owners, it's the players who ultimately pushed this into the courts. No one is accusing the players of wanting more money. I'm accusing them of not wanting to talk anymore. No matter what the courts end up deciding on the CBA front, the players are guilty in my eyes.
Posted by 87sportsfans at 3/12/2011 9:40 AM 
Categories: NFL
Tags: NFL NFLPA CBA lockout DeMaurice Smith Roger Goodell labor
Categories: NFL
Tags: NFL NFLPA CBA lockout DeMaurice Smith Roger Goodell labor
The owners pushed into court wen they opted out of the last CBA. You can't put this on the players they're not striking, the owners are locking them out. This would be equal to anyone's boss one day walking into their office and saying, "Even though our company is doing well, you're taking a pay cut." It would be no problem right? Doubtful, you would want some type of justification, you see the company doing well, your performance is off the charts. So, you ask why and you get told some parts of the company aren't doing so well.
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Like I said, I understand the players' requests... just can't justify walking away from the table at this point...
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