The thrill of the draft sucked out of anyone else?

[Highlandfire]

With today's ruling, what does tomorrow matter anyway? Under this new system the Panthers can't afford to buy a team to compete with the Jones' (literally).

We are past who's fault it is, bottom line we fans in the end are screwed unless we are fans of the biggest market teams with the richest owners.

From all I have read Nelson crafted the decision to be appeal proof and has in no way overstepped her boundary's or abused her power. The NFL attorneys must have gotten their law degrees online or in some 3rd world country because they have been wrong across the board on all of this.

Sorry to be a wet blanket guys but this really pisses me off. We will soon see nose bleed tickets costing 300.00 per seat to pay the 300-400 million dollar rosters etc. This really fuging sucks. :mad:

[Swarly]

I'm confused. How does this affect whether there is a salary cap or not?

[frash.exe]

Dicks in my mouth?

you could've just said this it would've at least been funny instead of hackneyed

[The Saltman]

Naw the only thing that's been sucked out of me tonight has been.....ohh nevermind.

[BlanksKarma]

I'm confused. How does this affect whether there is a salary cap or not?

NO CBA = No Salary Cap

I'm sure it will get worked out, there's way too much money at stake.

[Swarly]

NO CBA = No Salary Cap

I figured the owners and NFLPA would come to a new agreement. I don't really understand any of this poo though.

[Jackofalltrades]

Ruling has nothing to do with my feelings towards the draft.

[CatMan72]

LOL, I think you're overreacting just a tad... the players want another CBA which will include a salary cap and salary floor, etc, because it's beneficial to the majority of the players. All this litigation is just a means to gain leverage towards a settlement, which will eventually lead to a new CBA, just like it did in '93.

[Sword]

you know there is still mediation taking place..the owners may be forced into a CBA deal now but it might be better the the alternative of losing it all..though the players might be really greedy vengeful folk who want the NFL to pay for what they've done and not care about the future of the game..you never know i guess.

[The Saltman]

LOL, I think you're overreacting just a tad... the players want another CBA which will include a salary cap and salary floor, etc, because it's beneficial to the majority of the players. All this litigation is just a means to gain leverage towards a settlement, which will eventually lead to a new CBA, just like it did in '93.

ehh not so much

[Hoenheim]

Naw the only thing that's been sucked out of me tonight has been.....ohh nevermind.

:rofl: saltman needs pie for that

[KillerKat]

My very first experience with the #1 pick, so im pretty excited. I was too young to care about following the draft in '95.

[riddel]

Here is a little food for thought.....

Much of the CBA is built about max and mins....meaning max salaries and minimum salaries.....if there are no max or mins then unproven players do not receive guaranteed salaries, proven players receive the bulk of the payroll and filler players are paid for what they do, fill in. Vets are not required to make a min salary, meaning players like Moose are not forced into retirement because no one will pay the min for their services....it's an open market and fair market value determines player costs. This could actually help the owners in the long run, because they are not required to make such enormous leaps of faith on unproven players.

I hope a CBA is resolved, but even if it's not, it's still not doomsday for the NFL....the market will settle itself out and player values will eventually have a fair market value.

[frash.exe]

hey we can always trade down for kerry collins