Hypothetical: new CBA is announced, Jerry resigns the big names...

[panthers55]

i mean , i understand the ppl spending a poo ton of money this season and getting bad product being mad, but im rreally looking forward to the fact we can buy out half the NFL free agents next season with our cap space

How many significant free agents have we signed in the past 4 years. Didn't happen then, won't happen now. Going with the draft is the euphemism that we are still going on the cheap.

[rayzor]

my opinion won't change about him. he's a smart man that makes sound business decisions. he takes a look at the big picture that some people don't like because it effects them in a negative way for the moment.

at the very least, what he has done has made the team ready for a new coaching staff to come in. they will have lots of cap room to play with and quite a few draft picks to work with (we should have at least 10). thanks to how poorly the team is going, the value of most of those picks are very nice (just silver lining there). those picks can be used to trade for decent players to come in if we don't want to use them on a bunch of rookies. considering the price that WRs are going for, a really solid receiver can be traded for without giving up too much on our end (if we still need one at the end of the year).

the key players will get new deals and those players that don't really work into the new coaches system all that well will probably only be on one year deals anyway. it won't cost to get them replaced.

hopefully we will have found some very nice value players that will take advantage of the opportunity they have been given (like james anderson) that will make it less difficult to rebuild the team and free up more money for FA acquisitions.

the only problem i see is marty hurney. if he is still around and is still convinced that the best and only way to build a team is solely through the draft then we are screwed. hopefully the new coach will have some input (which he should have more than fox this year because fox is a lame duck HC).

[natty]

I don't see how anyone could doubt he'll start paying out again once the cba is done. Why would you think otherwise? Do you think he just woke up one day and said 'I think I'll start lowballing the hell out of my team'?

[The Faceless]

At least it would be a step in the right direction.

[ChucktownK]

How embarrassing for an owner in that group to have a winless team.

[panthers55]

HOw many folks here who are PSL owners like what Richardson did and have a high opinion of him right now.

I would be interested to know because they are the ones who have paid the money and have a vested interest in this.

For those saying it is great and this year doesn't matter, have you got a dime in it? If not then your opinion doesn't really matter in my book.

[panthers55]

How embarrassing for an owner in that group to have a winless team.

They all wish they had PSL deals which makes Richardson less vulnerable to people leaving en mass. That way he can still screw over the fans and not worry about a backlash. I bet they wish they were him so they could line their pockets like he is with few repercussions.

[rayzor]

"if you aren't a PSL owner, your opinion doesn't matter"

nice.

if you don't like being a PSL owner, then sell them off. iuf you don't like the risk of every once in a while having a poor team fielded or the prospect of having a losing season every once in a while then you shouldn't have bought them in the first place. i'm sure you wouldn't have a hard time selling them. just do yourself a favor (and all of us who have to hear your whining) and be rid of them. if you hate the owner so much and don't like what he's doing with the franchise, then why in the world would you want to hold on to such a God forsaken piece of property such as that?

there's only one reason that you are in the mess that you are in if you aren't happy about being a PSL owner and that was because you put yourself there.

[The Saltman]

HOw many folks here who are PSL owners like what Richardson did and have a high opinion of him right now.

I would be interested to know because they are the ones who have paid the money and have a vested interest in this.

For those saying it is great and this year doesn't matter, have you got a dime in it? If not then your opinion doesn't really matter in my book.

just because u might not be able to afford PSL's or live too far to own some doesn't mean u are less of a fan and can't complain. That's a little bitch thing to say.

[ChucktownK]

TV and merchandising pays more of it. Just sayin'...

[Darth Bobo]

Quite frankly, the owners are terrified by the idea of the player decertification. It would open them up to a billion anti-trust lawsuits they wouldn't have a chance of winning.

The NFLPA feels the player's only chance of success in "negotiating" a new agreement is to disband and decertify, then to sue their bosses!

If that doesn't tell you which of the two parties is desperate I don't know what will. It ain't the owners who are flenching, my friend.

I can't wait to hear the player's supreme court sales pitch...."Oh your honor, I'm such a victim! Those evil greedy owners want to take away my guarantee that I get 50 million dollars, whether I play good football or not! And they want to steal 2 weeks of my 5 months of vacation! You can relate to that, your honor. Right?"

[CBDellinger]

I keep reading that Jerry has "positioned the team well" for a lockout. Help me understand why that's the case, given that he wouldn't have to pay player salaries during a lockout. Is it more accurate to say that he's positioned the team well for a new CBA, and if so, why is that?

It would more likely position the team better for after the lockout.

Since they dont know what the cap will be in a new CBA, signing players now could seriously handicap a team when the new CBA goes into affect. Essentially they dont know how much money they will have, or not have to spend.

[Ruff]

just because u might not be able to afford PSL's or live too far to own some doesn't mean u are less of a fan and can't complain. That's a little bitch thing to say.

I completely agree.

Just because you don't own a PSL doesn't mean you don't contribute to the Panthers as an organization. I buy merchandise, watch their advertisements, goto almost every single Training Camp practice (because I live so much closer to Spartanburg than I do Charlotte), and I follow the Panthers religiously.

Does that make me less of fan than someone who owns a PSL? Or, does it mean that I'm a poor college student that can't afford to break out my wallet, make the drive to Charlotte eight times a year, and own a PSL?

[Ruff]

Kiper was on Mike and Mike this morning trying to discredit what the guy was saying. Very, very interesting story and soundbyte.