re: I'm an NFL owner. You be the player.

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so, what do you think the odds are of the majority of the union playing outside the union, or "replacement players" in a sense making the league functioning properly again....as u put it.

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Functioning properly at the level the fans and advertisers are accustomed to is 100%.

The decertification process is long and the courts move much slower than people will realize. The reality is the chances are strong for a few games being missed next year. What I don't fully understand is whether the process can be solved with players willing to break ranks. The lockout will most likely be stayed by judge doty..but what does that really mean. They say that this will allow free agents to sign but what will the process be in terms of playing games.. While there is speculation on all this I'm of the opinion that nobody really knows.

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Yes, because you can so easily replace franchise QBs like Drew Brees, Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers, Ben Roethlisberger, etc., with any scrub straight out of D-I...

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exactly.

Quite simply if players like this sat out and held strong the pressure on the owners would become immense. So others that needed money could break the lines and fans would still be clamoring for Peyton. They don't get to watch their superstars play, they start to vote with their wallet.

Brady and Manning aren't playing in the Colts/NE game and ratings go way down. NFL then loses money.

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What I don't fully understand is whether the process can be solved with players willing to break ranks

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there are 2 thousand plus players. there are 32 owners.

a 3 yr, 13 million dollar contract doesnt go far at all. at all.

those guys need money.

they are gonna play where they can get it.

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and in that span you don't think the league would take a PR hit that could possibly paralyze it?

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extremely legitamite question. really the only question.

my answer.

no, not really.

like i said before. there is a reason high school, and college football far surpasses its counterparts of baseball or basketball. we love the sport. i think the sport is more important than the players. we will find new players to worship.

a great rb this year, aint shite next year. guess what, we find another to love.

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those guys need money.

they are gonna play where they can get it.

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No doubt in my mind that the players will break first if it gets that far.. The owners have an asset to borrow against, other business interests and wealth where the players have.....a 70% bankruptcy rate 5 years after retirement.

they might if players continue to ask for unreasonable (in the owners minds) demands

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.....a 70% bankruptcy rate 5 years after retirement.

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25% of the owners survive this.

i just feel the nfl holds strong. the nflpa breaks. they'll get something, but the owners ultimately get what they want. but what do i know....nothing. jmho

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economy of attention

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explain this

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A very very very small % of the population can do this job.

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true.

but a large % wants to play.

a lot of people today would play for peanuts. we would still watch. it wouldnt be the same, but we would watch. my guess is that it wouldnt be long before the quality returned

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explain this

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it's easier to be a fan of football. Especially the NFL. 95% of your attention towards it can be focused on one day that most people don't normally work anyway. People with otherwise hectic, busy lives can spare 3 hours on a Sunday to watch their favorite team.

It's tougher to be an avid fan of a MLB or NBA team and keep up with the day to day stuff or watch every game. And when you aren't a fan of any particular team, you won't watch the entire sport as often.

With so many things pulling people's attention so many different ways these days, the NFL has done a good job of making their product such that it can be enjoyed in such an easy way.

The caveat to this is that it doesn't necessarily apply to people who post on this board. It's more broad based. The people on this board are not an accurate representation of the sports consuming public.