Roger Goodell: Football's Future If the Players Win

[Fiz]

i mean dismissing it by saying that no one made them do this is the exact same poo mining companies used to say to miners who just wanted thicker cuts of wood to protect them inside the shafts.

"hell you think it's too dangerous we can always go kidnap another boatload of celestials they'll love to work here!"

[mav1234]

i mean dismissing it by saying that no one made them do this is the exact same poo mining companies used to say to miners who just wanted thicker cuts of wood to protect them inside the shafts.

"hell you think it's too dangerous we can always go kidnap another boatload of celestials they'll love to work here!"

but didn't you hear? unions are destroying america!!!

...and yes I still am convinced that the NFL is going to explode but I hope you're right and I'm wrong!

[CAVSS]

Great. Can't wait to see Dallas win the Superbowl every year for the rest of my life.

[Sword]

well, i always thought kickers should make minimum wage..

[mav1234]

Great. Can't wait to see Dallas win the Superbowl every year for the rest of my life.

if the Yankee's can't do it, the Cowboys won't, don't worry! ;)

my issue is more with how this impacts smaller market teams, making it impossible for them to hang on to star players who can chase the big bucks in a bigger market. It really makes the window of opportunity for some of those smaller franchises much tighter than it would be otherwise.

[Sword]

if the Yankee's can't do it, the Cowboys won't, don't worry! ;)

my issue is more with how this impacts smaller market teams, making it impossible for them to hang on to star players who can chase the big bucks in a bigger market. It really makes the window of opportunity for some of those smaller franchises much tighter than it would be otherwise.

we'd have to make do like the Marlins do..build a winning team then dismantled it due to money lol..or be like the Rays and keep building through your college recruits and let go of the ones who get to big for their britches..i don't like either scenarios..

[mountainpantherfan]

One main issue I take with this letter is that the players are willing to go back to the last CBA. That is the issue right now. For the players its a either or situation; the last CBA or no CBA.

The owners know that the only way to maximize their profits is to continue with a new CBA. The question now is based on their business models; will profits be bigger under no CBA for more owners than not. For Dallas, Washington, New England and the New York teams at el the answer is easy and yes. But for the owners to switch to no CBA (without a judge's forced ruling) or to accept going back to the last CBA will take 26 out of 32 owners agreeing to do it.

My prediction is that the stay is not granted but for a short period of time in order to properly prepare to free agency (maybe until Monday May 2 at the latest) and no rules will be carried over from the last CBA or the 2010 year. Sometime between now and Thursday the league's lawyers will meet with the class lawyers and find out if the 2011 draft, that was under the old CBA allowed to happen, will be challenged in court as being unfair under anti-trust laws in this current case. If the players say yes or refuse to sign over their rights to sue over the 2011 draft, the draft will be canceled. Then all rookies would become free agents on Monday along with all other free agent players.

That doesn't mean a CBA still can't happen or future drafts won't happen but I don't see the NFL giving anything to the players that will help them win their case in the long run. But I also don't see the players ever agreeing to a salary cap or draft or any other restriction unless the CBA is just like the last CBA as far as revenue share is concerned.

[Mother Grabber]

To say competitive balance is a fallacy is just plain ignorant. The NFL is so much better than MLB simply because of the competitive balance created by the draft and salary caps. It is this balance that makes the game so interesting every season. If they kill that with an open market, the game will have half the suspense and garner half the interest.

[Cat'sGrowl]

lol at the people making this about politics rather than a side's greed destroying the quality of the game

Hope you enjoyed 2-14.

Cause if this goes through, we'll be seeing a lot more of it. And I certainly won't wanna hear you complaining.

[Brooklyn Bully]

You can already see this in the NBA. Though players get drafted, super stars will never want to come here or other crap teams. And now that Miami has created the new Super Team, that trend will only continue. If it ever happens to that scale in the NFL, the Panthers are done. Charlotte is a place to raise a family, not live for a few years. Money really is the root of all evil.

[Highlandfire]

Roger Goodell has written a column in response to today's ruling.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704132204576285090526726626.html

(sorry if this has already been posted)

Wow, someone has been saying this all along. I wonder who that was....

And for the record this IS exactly what the players are after and plan on getting. You can kiss about 4 teams goodbye within 5 years of this happening and you can forget the panthers ever contending again because JR just won't outspend Jones, Kraft etal.

[Highlandfire]

They're killing the NFL for me. If they don't think that they can kill the sport they're fuging stupid because that's exactly what they're doing. I'd be happy watching college football every Sunday before having to listen to more of this greedy bullpoo.

And if they seriously stop having drafts, I'm done with the NFL all together. Let's just have the Cowboys face the Patriots every year in the Super Bowl and call it done. Or better yet just quit playing football all together for a few years and let these rich little bitches get a real job and see how they like that.

That is exactly what you will see. but the problem is when teams shut down, and some will, there will be less jobs to have so they have screwed themselfs. The commish put it really well, these idiots don't see the big picture.

But hey, cheer up. We will have football in September now, isnt' that all most fans were bitching about?

[The Other Colbert]

player's union =

[Tarheels23]

I can't believe you guys are falling for this! Don't ya'll see this is a desperate move by the Commission to save his ass. Remember the owners opted out of the previous CBA not the players. Just sit back and watch this thing play out.