rumored NFL lockout in 2011

If there is no NFL what is he getting paid to commission

Originally posted by HessianDud:

Originally posted by dj43:
This past week there has been a noticeable increase in the number of NFL observers who believe there will be a work stoppage extending to some loss of league games. Let's hope that is not the case, however, both sides seem very entrenched right now.

i agree that its becoming a bigger topic lately as the season winds down, but Peter King, and some others, IIRC, were saying to expect some kind of stoppage back at the beginning of the summer.

Yes, a lockout has been expected by the players' union. A year ago they began advising players begin saving money in case of a lockout. Perhaps it is that with the league season over there is less to talk about but the rhetoric seems to have amped up quite a bit lately.

Originally posted by HessianDud:
f**k Goodell

Can't wait till he's gone.

-9fA

Originally posted by dj43:

Originally posted by HessianDud:

Originally posted by dj43:
This past week there has been a noticeable increase in the number of NFL observers who believe there will be a work stoppage extending to some loss of league games. Let's hope that is not the case, however, both sides seem very entrenched right now.

i agree that its becoming a bigger topic lately as the season winds down, but Peter King, and some others, IIRC, were saying to expect some kind of stoppage back at the beginning of the summer.

Yes, a lockout has been expected by the players' union. A year ago they began advising players begin saving money in case of a lockout. Perhaps it is that with the league season over there is less to talk about but the rhetoric seems to have amped up quite a bit lately.

true dat. and true dis:

Originally posted by 9erfanAUS:

Can't wait till he's gone.

-9fA

trying to save face. Basically saying, "Hey, we wanna get this done. It's them who don't"

f**k that puto

Originally posted by 9erfanAUS:

Originally posted by HessianDud:
f**k Goodell

Can't wait till he's gone.

-9fA

I'm not a big Goodell fan but he is only carrying the water for the owners.

Originally posted by dj43:

Originally posted by 9erfanAUS:

Originally posted by HessianDud:
f**k Goodell

Can't wait till he's gone.

-9fA

I'm not a big Goodell fan but he is only carrying the water for the owners.

true, but he's been very willing to take that "role" so seriously that he alienates the players and the fans. Tagliabue and Upshaw might have had a pretty chummy relationship, maybe moreso than some (the owners, certainly) would have liked, but in all his time as commish he never alienated the fans with his decisions.

sounds like the ufl might take off next year

Originally posted by HessianDud:

Originally posted by dj43:

Originally posted by 9erfanAUS:

Originally posted by HessianDud:
f**k Goodell

Can't wait till he's gone.

-9fA

I'm not a big Goodell fan but he is only carrying the water for the owners.

true, but he's been very willing to take that "role" so seriously that he alienates the players and the fans. Tagliabue and Upshaw might have had a pretty chummy relationship, maybe moreso than some (the owners, certainly) would have liked, but in all his time as commish he never alienated the fans with his decisions.

The only thing I really like that Goodell has done is holding player more accountable for the stupid s**t they do. Granted, it hasn't always been a fair or even distribution of punishment, but, at least it's happening now.

18 game season =

Roger Goodell has been proactive and has brought new ideas that I think have improved the NFL. The only thing that I disagree with is the whole player safety issue, but that's for a different thread.

Now he's showing that he really wants the new deal to get done and I applaud him for that:

Goodell: Pay me $1 if work stoppage

He seems to be a transparent, stand-up guy and by doing things such as this, he is showing us that he truly wants a new deal done. He's exposing the NFLPA leader and is making him come off as a greedy deuche-bag.

The 49ers are one of many teams that will be at a huge disadvantage if this doesn't get done ASAP!

Originally posted by Norcal9erfan:


Roger Goodell has been proactive and has brought new ideas that I think have improved the NFL. The only thing that I disagree with is the whole player safety issue, but that's for a different thread.

Now he's showing that he really wants the new deal to get done and I applaud him for that:

Goodell: Pay me $1 if work stoppage

He seems to be a transparent, stand-up guy and by doing things such as this, he is showing us that he truly wants a new deal done. He's exposing the NFLPA leader and is making him come off as a greedy deuche-bag.

The 49ers are one of many teams that will be at a huge disadvantage if this doesn't get done ASAP!

calculated PR move to get people to think exactly what you just posted.

Originally posted by HessianDud:

Originally posted by Norcal9erfan:


Roger Goodell has been proactive and has brought new ideas that I think have improved the NFL. The only thing that I disagree with is the whole player safety issue, but that's for a different thread.

Now he's showing that he really wants the new deal to get done and I applaud him for that:

Goodell: Pay me $1 if work stoppage

He seems to be a transparent, stand-up guy and by doing things such as this, he is showing us that he truly wants a new deal done. He's exposing the NFLPA leader and is making him come off as a greedy deuche-bag.

The 49ers are one of many teams that will be at a huge disadvantage if this doesn't get done ASAP!

calculated PR move to get people to think exactly what you just posted.

I doubt that is the only reason behind this, although I wont deny that it is part of their intention. I truly feel that way about the guy though. I've heard him in several interviews and he's transparent and really cares about the game.

Originally posted by Norcal9erfan:

Originally posted by HessianDud:

Originally posted by Norcal9erfan:


Roger Goodell has been proactive and has brought new ideas that I think have improved the NFL. The only thing that I disagree with is the whole player safety issue, but that's for a different thread.

Now he's showing that he really wants the new deal to get done and I applaud him for that:

Goodell: Pay me $1 if work stoppage

He seems to be a transparent, stand-up guy and by doing things such as this, he is showing us that he truly wants a new deal done. He's exposing the NFLPA leader and is making him come off as a greedy deuche-bag.

The 49ers are one of many teams that will be at a huge disadvantage if this doesn't get done ASAP!

calculated PR move to get people to think exactly what you just posted.

I doubt that is the only reason behind this, although I wont deny that it is part of their intention. I truly feel that way about the guy though. I've heard him in several interviews and he's transparent and really cares about the game.

i think goodell has done some good stuff, and i thought he was ok initially. but i think that any commissioner that lets his league get to the point of a labor standoff isn't doing his job well enough, and something like "I'll work for $1" wont change that.

Originally posted by kray28:

Originally posted by pantstickle:

Originally posted by English:

Originally posted by Shorteous:

Originally posted by Ninerfan775:

Originally posted by TheRatMan13:
Hopefully, the NFL sees what a lockout did to baseball and hockey. Hockey already struggled, and now they have less viewers than before. Baseball is still not as popular as it was before their strike. In fact, it took the steroid era to even bring back any interest.

Yeah this is the day and age of capitalism, greed, and being as cutthroat as possible. Just remember people in the end were the ones that are f***ed.

Hey go piss on capitalism somewhere else. It's because of capitalism that our country has dominated the world for so long. Have pride in America and her entrepreneurship, because she has taken care of those corrupt keynesian economies for decades/

Weird.

Let me see now, unbridled capitalism polluted the rivers, put crap in the food, paid starvation wages and made workers work in dangerous conditions. when they asked for fair treatment they were sacked, when they tried to stand together for justice unbridled capitalism called in the army to kill them and beat them up, and force them back to work. It puts money and power in the hands of the very few and destroys the lives of those it feeds on. Capitalism is a powerful force, but it has to be controlled and tempered. Like those Keynesian economies you despise have done.

And now your entrepreneurs are exporting your jobs and outsourcing your services. Happy?

When China overtakes the American economy, how will that be?

And, of course, if there is a lockout, well, that will merely be capitalism in action. So you wont mind, then?

Save it for your manifesto.

Wow...from a moderator, a post just dripping with content.

I'm here to uphold the rules, not fill you with insight.

Originally posted by pantstickle:

Originally posted by kray28:

Originally posted by pantstickle:

Originally posted by English:

Originally posted by Shorteous:

Originally posted by Ninerfan775:

Originally posted by TheRatMan13:
Hopefully, the NFL sees what a lockout did to baseball and hockey. Hockey already struggled, and now they have less viewers than before. Baseball is still not as popular as it was before their strike. In fact, it took the steroid era to even bring back any interest.

Yeah this is the day and age of capitalism, greed, and being as cutthroat as possible. Just remember people in the end were the ones that are f***ed.

Hey go piss on capitalism somewhere else. It's because of capitalism that our country has dominated the world for so long. Have pride in America and her entrepreneurship, because she has taken care of those corrupt keynesian economies for decades/

Weird.

Let me see now, unbridled capitalism polluted the rivers, put crap in the food, paid starvation wages and made workers work in dangerous conditions. when they asked for fair treatment they were sacked, when they tried to stand together for justice unbridled capitalism called in the army to kill them and beat them up, and force them back to work. It puts money and power in the hands of the very few and destroys the lives of those it feeds on. Capitalism is a powerful force, but it has to be controlled and tempered. Like those Keynesian economies you despise have done.

And now your entrepreneurs are exporting your jobs and outsourcing your services. Happy?

When China overtakes the American economy, how will that be?

And, of course, if there is a lockout, well, that will merely be capitalism in action. So you wont mind, then?

Save it for your manifesto.

Wow...from a moderator, a post just dripping with content.

I'm here to uphold the rules, not fill you with insight.

...but i hope you will fill me with something else...