Owners Opt Out of Labor Deal Unanimously - Lockout Coming?

Pack Attack · 05-20-2008, 12:39 PM

Oh boy... Could we be headed for an uncapped year in 2010 and a lockout in 2011?

This could get interesting...
ESPN - NFL owners vote unanimously to opt out of labor deal - NFL

Jay · 05-20-2008, 02:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pack Attack

Oh boy... Could we be headed for an uncapped year in 2010 and a lockout in 2011?

This could get interesting...
ESPN - NFL owners vote unanimously to opt out of labor deal - NFL

Just blame Jerry Jones, that's what I do

Canadian Speed · 05-20-2008, 03:51 PM

Meh... Who cares... Really. In the end, the owners get what the owners want and if people don't want to play for em... CFL is always looking for talent. Personally I hate the cap. Baseball doesn't have a cap and NBA has a soft cap, which is working for them and making more moneny for the smaller teams. Either way, it'll be better for the league... In the end.

Reapster · 05-20-2008, 05:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Canadian Speed

Meh... Who cares... Really. In the end, the owners get what the owners want and if people don't want to play for em... CFL is always looking for talent. Personally I hate the cap. Baseball doesn't have a cap and NBA has a soft cap, which is working for them and making more moneny for the smaller teams. Either way, it'll be better for the league... In the end.

Depends on how rich the owner of your team is.

Irish · 05-20-2008, 07:24 PM

If they lock out, I'll have to die. nothing to do during football season after that

Skins 2008 · 05-20-2008, 07:40 PM

If the 2010 season is an uncapped year I know of one owner that will try to take advantage of that and his name isn't Jerry Jones. It's Dan Snyder I think he will try to sign as many free agents as he can since he loves big names. A lot of us Redskins fans are worried about that.

Canadian Speed · 05-23-2008, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Reapster

Depends on how rich the owner of your team is.

Not really, you see a soft cap system runs on a luxury tax, meaning that something like 50% of the money your team is over the cap with goes to other teams around the league. True, that it you're in a very small market, you can still get "crapped on". But in the end, those teams would likely be in the same position reguardless. Also, having a soft cap would allow teams to resign players to longer contracts... We could, if this were the way they were thinking of going, see players retire from the game where they were once drafted, instead of the team pass around system that's been the norm as of late with many names moving from team to team...

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Pack Attack The KISS Army Join Date: May 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 97 vCash: 500 NFL Team: Green Bay Packers NCAA Team: Wisconsin Badgers	Owners Opt Out of Labor Deal Unanimously - Lockout Coming? Oh boy... Could we be headed for an uncapped year in 2010 and a lockout in 2011? This could get interesting... ESPN - NFL owners vote unanimously to opt out of labor deal - NFL

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Canadian Speed Starter Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Northern Canada Age: 31 Posts: 478 vCash: 500 NFL Team: Tampa Bay Buccaneers NCAA Team: Notre Dame Fighting Irish	Meh... Who cares... Really. In the end, the owners get what the owners want and if people don't want to play for em... CFL is always looking for talent. Personally I hate the cap. Baseball doesn't have a cap and NBA has a soft cap, which is working for them and making more moneny for the smaller teams. Either way, it'll be better for the league... In the end. __________________ I'm Canadian, but even I can't endorse a sport that allows fighting as a way to resolve disputes or lists an unrelated behaviour such as fighting as an asset. That's why I don't watch hockey!

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05-20-2008, 07:40 PM	#6 (permalink)
Skins 2008 Backup Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 84 vCash: 500	If the 2010 season is an uncapped year I know of one owner that will try to take advantage of that and his name isn't Jerry Jones. It's Dan Snyder I think he will try to sign as many free agents as he can since he loves big names. A lot of us Redskins fans are worried about that.