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Sounds like a terrible situation for the players, not the owners. In 07 most of the responsibility of the owners goes away and they can basically do what they want, when they want to who they want. Offer massive contracts or the pay of a teacher to the players. They might not have to take it, but for the non essential players such as the scout team, third stringers and project players that might not have anywhere else to go they would have to. I dont know why the players havent been coming out and telling Upshaw to make a deal. This whole situation hurts them tremendously.
 
"I dont know why the players havent been coming out and telling Upshaw to make a deal" - outtawack311. I agree with this point especially. That seems like the only way anything could get done today is for Upshaw to give in and agree at 58% or something relatively close. He's just being rather stuborn, which is rather stupid if you ask me. They need something to get done!
 
This is just a bad situation all the way around. Come on, players and owners.....git-r-done!!
 
If I were the players, I would be hopping mad right about now. I would be banging on Upshaws door.....at his house......at 2am in the morning.
 
The thing is, its not about the 56% 60% thing. The difference in that 4% points is only 50 million a year. The bigger problem has to do with owners revenue sharing and I believe there is something with the stadium debt and i cant really remember what that has to do with it, i just know its a huge part. Upshaw keeps talking about the 56-60% thing because it makes the rich billionaire owners look extremely greedy. Its a tactic just like when the owners said the CBA was close to a deal a few days ago to put pressure on the players to actually make a deal.
 
outtawack311 said:
Sounds like a terrible situation for the players, not the owners. In 07 most of the responsibility of the owners goes away and they can basically do what they want, when they want to who they want. Offer massive contracts or the pay of a teacher to the players. They might not have to take it, but for the non essential players such as the scout team, third stringers and project players that might not have anywhere else to go they would have to. I dont know why the players havent been coming out and telling Upshaw to make a deal. This whole situation hurts them tremendously.
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True, thats what many people don't think about. Not having a union would be fine for the top 30-40% of the NFL, those players will get payed no matter what. It will really hurt the guys on the bottom end who only spend a few years in the league. And those players might be calling for Upshaw to make a deal, but odds are we will never hear about it. The players in the union know there is no benefit to making their internal squabbles public knowledge.
 
PSUFinFan said:
True, thats what many people don't think about. Not having a union would be fine for the top 30-40% of the NFL, those players will get payed no matter what. It will really hurt the guys on the bottom end who only spend a few years in the league. And those players might be calling for Upshaw to make a deal, but odds are we will never hear about it. The players in the union know there is no benefit to making their internal squabbles public knowledge.
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Actually, I would think there would be a benefit to making their internal squabbles public knowledge. If enough players voiced their opinions to the public and enough agents do too then it would have put extreme pressure on upshaw to make a deal. If he doesn't listen to the players and screws the 60%-70% of players out of tons of money they might have a case to sue Upshaw and the NFLPA for the money they take away from them. Putting their opinions in the open is the best thing for them right now in the next 6 hours.
 
outtawack311 said:
The thing is, its not about the 56% 60% thing. The difference in that 4% points is only 50 million a year. The bigger problem has to do with owners revenue sharing and I believe there is something with the stadium debt and i cant really remember what that has to do with it, i just know its a huge part. Upshaw keeps talking about the 56-60% thing because it makes the rich billionaire owners look extremely greedy. Its a tactic just like when the owners said the CBA was close to a deal a few days ago to put pressure on the players to actually make a deal.
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I agree. Good post.
 
Thanks for the link, you have to wonder where the Dolphins, or more importantly where Wayne H. stands if there is no cap next year. The Dolphins would probably be a middle of the pack player as far spending goes...can`t see him spending as much as Jerry Jones, Kraft, Paul Allen. Wayne`s got deep pockets, but how deep will he reach?
 
Goin` Deep said:
Thanks for the link, you have to wonder where the Dolphins, or more importantly where Wayne H. stands if there is no cap next year. The Dolphins would probably be a middle of the pack player as far spending goes...can`t see him spending as much as Jerry Jones, Kraft, Paul Allen. Wayne`s got deep pockets, but how deep will he reach?
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He will reach very very deep as long as he makes a profit on it
 
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