GoChiefs
Posts: 16,754
Feb 4, 2010 10:25pm
If there is indeed a lockout..the NFL will STILL get 5 BILLION dollars from television deals. If if they play zero games. Think there will be a lockout or will they get a deal worked out?
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4887844
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4887844
newarkcatholicfan
Posts: 3,199
Feb 5, 2010 10:39am
I think a lockout is gong to occur.
justincredible
Posts: 32,056
Feb 5, 2010 10:40am
I think the lockout is inevitable.
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thavoice
Posts: 14,376
Feb 5, 2010 10:43am
I dont believe there will be a lockout.
Id say......4.7552%.
Id say......4.7552%.
j_crazy
Posts: 8,372
Feb 5, 2010 10:58am
I totally agree, but I wish so badly that it wouldn't.newarkcatholicfan wrote: I think a lockout is gong to occur.
THE4RINGZ
Posts: 16,816
Feb 5, 2010 11:07am
On a scale of one to ten the possibility of a lock out is a 14.
Heard someone in the know say that on ESPN Radio this morning. I didn't catch his name.
Heard someone in the know say that on ESPN Radio this morning. I didn't catch his name.
Rotinaj
Posts: 7,699
Feb 5, 2010 11:12am
Footsteps Falco went to OSU...Hopefully the browns could snag him.
gorocks99
Posts: 10,760
Feb 5, 2010 11:13am
I hear Washington has the strongest interest.
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Al Capone
Posts: 1,727
Feb 5, 2010 12:23pm
That would of been the head of the players union. DeMaurice Smith.THE4RINGZ wrote: On a scale of one to ten the possibility of a lock out is a 14.
Heard someone in the know say that on ESPN Radio this morning. I didn't catch his name.
THE4RINGZ
Posts: 16,816
Feb 5, 2010 12:25pm
Thanks. I was in the car and on the phone, and only caught that part of the entire interview. After hearing that I wanted ot crash my car into a tree. What am I supposed to do on Sundays next fall? I will be very confused.Al Capone wrote:That would of been the head of the players union.THE4RINGZ wrote: On a scale of one to ten the possibility of a lock out is a 14.
Heard someone in the know say that on ESPN Radio this morning. I didn't catch his name.
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Al Capone
Posts: 1,727
Feb 5, 2010 12:59pm
They're a year away from that so I'm sure that is just posturing on his part. I love the nfl more than anyone, but there is a part of me hoping for a lockout just to put these players in their place.
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thavoice
Posts: 14,376
Feb 5, 2010 1:02pm
Exactly.Al Capone wrote: They're a year away from that so I'm sure that is just posturing on his part. I love the nfl more than anyone, but there is a part of me hoping for a lockout just to put these players in their place.
Both sides will portray it as the worst case scenario. NFLPA will publicly state they expect a lockout, and the owners will state a lockout could be imminent.
We still have over a year before that happens. 2010 will be uncapped in all probabillity unless a miracle happens in the next few weeks and this doesnt have to be done until March of 2011.
End of Line
Posts: 6,867
Feb 5, 2010 2:06pm
80% chance.
GoChiefs
Posts: 16,754
Feb 5, 2010 2:17pm
3rd sentence in the link article too.THE4RINGZ wrote: Heard someone in the know say that on ESPN Radio this morning. I didn't catch his name.
UA5straightin2008
Posts: 3,246
Feb 7, 2010 10:20pm
what exactly does a lockout mean or entail....??
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Al Capone
Posts: 1,727
Feb 7, 2010 10:25pm
A strike means the players refuse to play. A lockout means the owners wont allow the players to play.
UA5straightin2008
Posts: 3,246
Feb 7, 2010 10:26pm
but why?
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Al Capone
Posts: 1,727
Feb 7, 2010 10:50pm
Right now the players get 60% of the total revenues. The owners want it 50-50. But I'm sure there are other sticking points. Also if there is no season in 2011 the owners still get 5 Billion in tv money that they dont have to give to the players.
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thavoice
Posts: 14,376
Feb 8, 2010 3:26pm
I imagine owners would be ok with 50/50 split. In what the NFLPA put out they said the owners want it to be in the llow to mid 40's. We all know in negotiations that both sides start at an unrealistic level so they can compromise.Al Capone wrote: Right now the players get 60% of the total revenues. The owners want it 50-50. But I'm sure there are other sticking points. Also if there is no season in 2011 the owners still get 5 Billion in tv money that they dont have to give to the players.
krazie45
Posts: 1,055
Feb 8, 2010 4:10pm
I highly doubt a lockout actually happens. Both sides are just trying to scare the other, but both know that there's too much money on the line to have a lockout. Even if there is a lockout, they'll probably get scab players like in the late 80s/early 90s. I'd be extremely surprised to see no football