Injunction Junction

[Lurker64]

I hate anybody who wants to take the draft away from me. Those people are bad people.

[Zool]

Eliminating the draft would be akin to LBJ and Bosh going to Miami. Players would figure out where they can make the most money and go to that team. Parity will be destroyed and the NFL will take a huge dive. Lets just eliminate the salary cap while we're at it.

[Scott Campbell]

If they manage to royally fuck up the NFL that bad, I'm throwing my allegiance to the New Mexico Dragons.

[Tarlam!]

I hate anybody who wants to take the draft away from me. Those people are bad people.

"It could be, it could not be," he said. "We don't know, we've never had a system where there is no draft."

I miss the days of Upshaw and Tagliabue.

And somebody should tell that Mawae guy that there, in fact, was a system without the draft. That system was on life support. There was a reason why the draft was deemed necessary. Even the initial rules of the draft (lottery) was only a band aide. What an idiot!

[Tarlam!]

Lets just eliminate the salary cap while we're at it.

And revenue sharing!! Get rid of it! So what if the league is reduced to 16 teams!

[swede]

And revenue sharing!! Get rid of it! So what if the league is reduced to 16 teams!

Sixteen teams with community owned stadiums paying the players whatever they want so they don't get irreparably harmed by those annoying owners.

[RashanGary]

I hate anybody who wants to take the draft away from me. Those people are bad people.

Agreed. All sports have drafts. That's just stupid.

[RashanGary]

I hope it's a negotiating ploy and not real. What a shit hole the NFL would be if they changed some of these things.

[mraynrand]

What if the law states that the legal decision is based upon whether or not there is irreparable harm? Is this judge still an idiot for following the law?

"To justify an injunction on the lockout, the Plaintiffs had to show irreparable harm had it stayed in place. This is the type of harm which cannot be tied to a particular dollar amount."

http://www.businessinsider.com/nfl-p...granted-2011-4

"From here on, you know what Judge Nelson is going to say. Since the players were technically not unionized when the NFL decided to lock out the players, it was technically not a justifiable lockout. Read on and you will understand that Judge Nelson did not believe the decertification of the NFLPA as a union to be any sort of sham."

The decertification wasn't a sham? Then why is the head of the NFLPA still talking as though he's representing the players? Hmmmm.....

[mraynrand]

"These young players coming up have no choice on what team they can go to," he said. "If indeed there was a true free-agent market, they could go out there and market themselves to any team they want to go to and choose who they want to play for instead of being told what team they're going to go play for for the next three to five years depending on what happens with the contract length."


There are plenty of Arena league teams that would take these guys

[get louder at lambeau]

The courts will open the books.

I don't think the players have even asked the courts to force the NFL to open their books. The NFLPA asked the owners to open their books, but not the courts. Or did I miss that?

[RashanGary]

This had better be a ploy.

[RashanGary]

I don't think the players have even asked the courts to force the NFL to open their books. The NFLPA asked the owners to open their books, but not the courts. Or did I miss that?

That's what happned in 1992 or whenever the last one was. They opened the books after the court made them.

[mraynrand]

I don't think the players have even asked the courts to force the NFL to open their books. The NFLPA asked the owners to open their books, but not the courts. Or did I miss that?

Don't we know what the revenues are? Don't we know that the players have consistently been getting 1/2 of revenues? Why do the owners need to open their books? We know what happened - there was an economic downturn and owners - specifically those who invested heavily in their teams - were taking it in the ass, while the cheapskates were getting free cable TV from their unwilling roommates. The players wanted more, and the owners who were shelling out more wanted more. Fortunately for the players, they have a judge who thinks the union decertification is legit. I would like to sell her the I35 bridge.

[Bossman641]

I hope it's a negotiating ploy and not real. What a shit hole the NFL would be if they changed some of these things.

I considered that as well, but then wondered why. Both sides have done their best to win the court of public opinion. Saying something like this does the players no favors. This is an idea that I'm guessing the vast majority of fans would be against.

Also, consider the source. Kevin Mawae is the NFLPA PRESIDENT!!! This isn't AP running his mouth about players being slaves. You would think if anyone knows what is going on, it would be the NFLPA President.

Be careful what you wish for JH. You've been dancing around with glee as the players decertified and then won the court ruling, even as many posters wondered what the true goal of the players was with their continued refusal to work with the owners.

The last thing the NFL needs to do is get rid of the draft, free agency, revenue-sharing, etc.