Surferosa said:What a load of crap. A completely short-sightend perspective from PFT.
Great insight...care to elaborate?
Surferosa said:What a load of crap. A completely short-sightend perspective from PFT.
Interesting. It's as if Upshaw doesn't even know what the actual figures are..."just less than 60 percent"... what is that? It definitely appears that he is way over his head. Hopefully, Troy Vincent will actually get to sit in on some of these meetings.Geauxfins said:..."Under our previous cap agreement, we got just less than 60 per cent of all of the revenues. The NFL now wants us to cut that percentage to less than 57 per cent. ...[/SIZE][/FONT]
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Shamboubou said:Does anybody know how much we will be under cap is the CBA gets passed. I know that they had said that they were going to add about 10 million if it gets passed and it showed that we were 8+ million over cap. But I believe that the 8+ million we are over is including insentives and everything. If the CBA gets passed doesn't that stuff disappear and we will be pretty far under cap??
Geauxfins said:Great insight...care to elaborate?
death7star said:so who is that girl in your avator?
I thought so, she's my wife :DShamboubou said:My DREAM. Jessica Alba. :drool: :drool:
nick1 said:I thought so, she's my wife :D
:sidelol:Shamboubou said:Really?? How are my kids?? :D
Surferosa said:Heres a copy of my post for Geauxfins:
I laugh at the notion that people blame Gene Upshaw & the NFLPA. You wont find an example anywhere in the world of a Union that works so closely with its employer - and with the same interests - as the NFLPA over the last 20 years. Gene Upshaw, while fighting for player rights, ultimately has the Leagues best interests at heart. He is one of the silent heroes of the NFL, and one of the of the key protaganists for the leagues continued growth. And all he gets for it is grief.
A salary cap is NOT in the players best interest, yet Upshaw goes along with it ONLY because its in the best interest of the League. As a result, he asks for a greater percentage of revenues for player salaries, even though its still less FAR LESS than players would earn in an uncapped NFL. The players DESERVE better. And the League knows it.
In addition, think about the current NFL labor deal and just how much it favors owners: The average NFL player career is only three years, shortest among all major American Sports. Yet player contracts are NOT garanteed, even though the succeptibility to injury is greater than in any other sport. Players get paid LESS than their peers from the NBA and MLB, even though Football is more popular and generates more revenues than other leagues. How can anyone point the finger at Upshaw when he has taken such a moderate stance against the owners over the years? Hes the good guy in all this, not the villain.
Do you want to point the finger at someone? Look at the new, greedy, "leveraged" owners that purchased their Franchises in small markets for $500 million, and now have to do everythting imaginable to turn a profit and justify their investment. These are the people that are rocking the boat, not the NFLPA. They want to keep player salaries down AND prevent rich-owners from over-spending (cash over cap). Essentially, they want to have their cake and eat it too. They are the ones causing the problems here, not the union
Shamboubou said:My DREAM. Jessica Alba. :drool: :drool: