Latest on the 2011 Lockout

[countryboi]

fun question

between the NBA, NFL, and MLB...

A: which is the most profitable?

B: which has the lowest average salary?

C: which has the shortest career span?

i think the nfl is the answer to all three...i know for a fact its at least number one

[Catdaddy]

I do not want a lockout, but if we do, I hope the owners bring in scabs! I want to see you people wearing my jersey!

[The Saltman]

u going to play pinebacker?

[Fiz]

why would they bring in scabs? do you not know what a lockout is, or what the difference is between it and a strike?

[Catdaddy]

We wouldn't be dealing with Sean Payton if not for scabs! He was a pretty good scab to be honest. He would probably working at a drug store right now

[Murph]

There will not be scabs or replacement players for this potential situation. The only reason the owners did so in 1987 was because the TV contracts were not guaranteed so they had to play the games to get the TV revenue. Not the case now.

[CLTPanther]

Wouldn't the disbanding of the NFLPA make the lock out a moote point anyway? I'm pretty sure I read that if they disband this could end up as an anti-trust situation.

[Fiz]

Wouldn't the disbanding of the NFLPA make the lock out a moote point anyway? I'm pretty sure I read that if they disband this could end up as an anti-trust situation.

If the players decertify the NFL won't have a legal foot to stand on irt blocking out the players. they'd open themselves up to a poo ton of anti-trust suits they wouldn't win. keep in mind the nfl loses just about every single time it goes to court because, well, it's a monopoly that doesn't pay its employees well compared to A. other sports leagues and B. what those players make the owners.

The owners only option at that point would be to try to tie this up in court and hope the players break. remember, 79% of nfl players are bankrupt two years after leaving the league.

[CLTPanther]

I understand the point about bankruptcy, but I'd be interested to see their spending habits. No one making more than 1 mil a year should be living paycheck to paycheck.

[ZedLeppelin]

MLB has a 162 game season I would think that would be more profitable then a 16 game NFL season.

[Floppin]

MLB has a 162 game season I would think that would be more profitable then a 16 game NFL season.

For a select few franchises. But as a whole the MLB is no where near as profitable.

[Squirrel]

fun question

between the NBA, NFL, and MLB...

A: which is the most profitable?

B: which has the lowest average salary?

C: which has the shortest career span?

Way to leave the NHL out of this to fit your argument.

[Fiz]

I understand the point about bankruptcy, but I'd be interested to see their spending habits. No one making more than 1 mil a year should be living paycheck to paycheck.

and like I've posted here numerous times, the average salary of an NFL players is 770,000 dollars. That's before taxes, agents, and lawyers. It's also only three years long.

Boo hoo I know, but you're presenting this as if it's a group of pampered blacks buying bling which simply isn't true.

None of these guys got a "real" education and most of them are from crippling poverty. Yeah they're given a chance for a college degree but you are naive as hell or are being intentionally obtuse if you can suggest that with a straight face.

[Floppin]

Way to leave the NHL out of this to fit your argument.

Professional Lacrosse players only make between 10-30k a year and the average WNBA salary is 55k, with league MVP's averaging 85k.