Here's your wake up call... Lockout over... As per Goodell!!

[Pantherman]

Bottomline JR and all the other owners can open the doors first thing Saturday morning. But at the end of the day those locker rooms will be empty plain and simple. Players will not walk into the stadium until they look over the CBA and 50%+1 players agreed on it. The only way we will see players enter the stadium saturday is if they vote on friday and have players to their cards with them to sign at the stadium so the union can once again be. But to me it sounds like the players are no where near ready to sign right now. It might be a fews day more or a few more weeks. Players have the deciding votes. We better hope for something to happen tomorrow or the locker rooms will be empty some saturday morning. LOL:grouphug:

[Liminy]

[Montsta]

While I am reluctant to even attempt to ad something that could be considered a rational topic of discussion in this trainwreck thread that is on the fast track to being locked (probably only still open because all mods are asleep), but I found it interesting that Arthur Rooney made a point to say it's unusual to see so many players at the negotiating table. I wonder if that's got anything to do with the whole sketchy events that happened today?

It really saddens me that these two entities are supposed to be partners, and there is zero trust between them right now. The NFLPA sent out an email to players saying it's illegal under labor law to be coerced into forming a union, and that any agreements signed under that coerced union would be null and void. I hope they don't keep that in their back pocket and decide they don't like this CBA in 3 years and try to void it through the courts.

[carpanfan96]

While I am reluctant to even attempt to ad something that could be considered a rational topic of discussion in this trainwreck thread that is on the fast track to being locked (probably only still open because all mods are asleep), but I found it interesting that Arthur Rooney made a point to say it's unusual to see so many players at the negotiating table. I wonder if that's got anything to do with the whole sketchy events that happened today?

It really saddens me that these two entities are supposed to be partners, and there is zero trust between them right now. The NFLPA sent out an email to players saying it's illegal under labor law to be coerced into forming a union, and that any agreements signed under that coerced union would be null and void. I hope they don't keep that in their back pocket and decide they don't like this CBA in 3 years and try to void it through the courts.

I'm sorry, but if the players have been serious about getting a deal done then they knew they would have to re certify.

They knew the NFL wasn't going to let them back in the doors with out being the NFLPA again. If they didn't realize that, then I don't know what to say to them except for smarten up.

The only thing that the De-certification was in the long run was a negotiating tactic, nothing more.