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<blockquote data-quote="TJV" data-source="post: 369951" data-attributes="member: 4300"><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">I understand the sentiment behind net's post, but I agree with those who think it's unrealistic. IMO fans will forgive the NFL more quickly than they forgave MLB. (BTW, the Packers' books show revenues increasing about 5% over the past four years and player costs increasing more than double that.) It's frustrating being powerless in this situation but that's the situation we find ourselves in. However, thinking most of the owners want to bust the union is ridiculous. Roger </span><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Goodell's letter to the Wall Street Journal points this out. He says if the players succeed in court and remove the NFL's anti-trust exemption, it will drastically change the league. (For the much, much worse IMO.) Without a players' union and CBA, there couldn't be a draft, there couldn't be league-wide minimum or maximum payrolls, no player salary minimums and of course no salary cap. No league-wide injury settlement standards, no league-wide compensation agreement (regarding other than salary benefits like pensions and health insurance). No league-wide rules on the length of off season practices and meetings and no league-wide drug testing. All that would be determined team by team. Players fresh out of college would be free to negotiate any deal they want with any team as would veterans whose contracts have expired. The anti-trust exemption is what makes all of these league-wide rules legal. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Both sides seem too willing to cripple the golden goose. If the players won't come to an agreement until they start missing paychecks, the season will be compromised causing some damage to the league and themselves. The owners should compromise so they avoid a loss in court that would lead to the above scenario and eventually only a few rich, competitive teams with the rest of the teams serving mostly as a minor league system for the rich teams. The competitive balance, to the extent it exists, would be shattered. TV ratings would likely eventually plummet along with the ridiculously rich contracts with the networks. A few teams and a relatively few number of players would benefit greatly over the short term, but most of the teams and most of the players would be worse off IMO. I understand the players would like to keep the exact same split of money that the previous CBA called for and going to court is likely just a tactic. But it's a very, very dangerous one. The players representatives need to heed the warning: Be careful what you wish for. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Under the old CBA of the money split (about $9,300,000,000) about 53.5% went to the players. How 'bout trying a 50/50 split for two or three years with a stricter rookie pay scale so more money goes to veteran players? Everything else stays the same. There. Done. My fee? Only one tenth of one percent of the $9.3B!</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TJV, post: 369951, member: 4300"] [FONT=Verdana]I understand the sentiment behind net's post, but I agree with those who think it's unrealistic. IMO fans will forgive the NFL more quickly than they forgave MLB. (BTW, the Packers' books show revenues increasing about 5% over the past four years and player costs increasing more than double that.) It's frustrating being powerless in this situation but that's the situation we find ourselves in. However, thinking most of the owners want to bust the union is ridiculous. Roger [/FONT][FONT=Verdana]Goodell's letter to the Wall Street Journal points this out. He says if the players succeed in court and remove the NFL's anti-trust exemption, it will drastically change the league. (For the much, much worse IMO.) Without a players' union and CBA, there couldn't be a draft, there couldn't be league-wide minimum or maximum payrolls, no player salary minimums and of course no salary cap. No league-wide injury settlement standards, no league-wide compensation agreement (regarding other than salary benefits like pensions and health insurance). No league-wide rules on the length of off season practices and meetings and no league-wide drug testing. All that would be determined team by team. Players fresh out of college would be free to negotiate any deal they want with any team as would veterans whose contracts have expired. The anti-trust exemption is what makes all of these league-wide rules legal. [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]Both sides seem too willing to cripple the golden goose. If the players won't come to an agreement until they start missing paychecks, the season will be compromised causing some damage to the league and themselves. The owners should compromise so they avoid a loss in court that would lead to the above scenario and eventually only a few rich, competitive teams with the rest of the teams serving mostly as a minor league system for the rich teams. The competitive balance, to the extent it exists, would be shattered. TV ratings would likely eventually plummet along with the ridiculously rich contracts with the networks. A few teams and a relatively few number of players would benefit greatly over the short term, but most of the teams and most of the players would be worse off IMO. I understand the players would like to keep the exact same split of money that the previous CBA called for and going to court is likely just a tactic. But it's a very, very dangerous one. The players representatives need to heed the warning: Be careful what you wish for. [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]Under the old CBA of the money split (about $9,300,000,000) about 53.5% went to the players. How 'bout trying a 50/50 split for two or three years with a stricter rookie pay scale so more money goes to veteran players? Everything else stays the same. There. Done. My fee? Only one tenth of one percent of the $9.3B![/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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