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re: I'm an NFL owner. You be the player.
Posted on 3/11/11 at 11:56 pm to LfcSU3520
Posted on 3/11/11 at 11:56 pm to LfcSU3520
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What if a Pats players wants to take his extra couple mil and start a business venture?
Some players do that, but I'll go out on a limb and say NFL owners collectively employ more people than NFL players. Thus the success of the NFL owners is more important than the players.
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Posted on 3/11/11 at 11:56 pm to saintsfan22
If the players were so shitty then why did many of them make their way to NFL rosters?
Again there were many reasons for the XFL's failure, but players weren't among them.
That's like saying the USFL and all of it's future NFL Hall of Famers failed just because of player quality.
Again there were many reasons for the XFL's failure, but players weren't among them.
That's like saying the USFL and all of it's future NFL Hall of Famers failed just because of player quality.
Posted on 3/11/11 at 11:58 pm to GamecockAlum
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People didn't watch the XFL for many reasons, but shitty players was not one of the reasons.
and that's all for me in this thread.
You sir, are absolutely terrible at arguing and thinking in general. Your brain gets a D- for the day, and that's only because you didn't fall down and drool to death.
Posted on 3/11/11 at 11:59 pm to JG77056
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Some players do that, but I'll go out on a limb and say NFL owners collectively employ more people than NFL players. Thus the success of the NFL owners is more important than the players.
obviously but that's why I said it's a smaller scale.
If he starts a business venture that grows larger then the game changes a little.
Or he takes his money and invests in the next google. Few years time, he's trying to own a team.
Posted on 3/12/11 at 12:00 am to LfcSU3520
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Their financial risk (!!!!!onoz!!) is offset by the fact a player can blow out in training camp and then not get a dollar more. Career over. So that's another argument in our coffer.
So the player takes a risk of injuring himself and being forced to take a normal job like everyone else? You mean they'd be poor without the NFL? Ya don't say.
The owner still pays the player's salary eventhough he is of no use to his business anymore. If Sally the chicken plucker broke both her hands, the chicken company wouldn't still pay her her yearly salary.
ETA: I'm just curious how much you think an owner should be paying a player that can't contribute to the team.
This post was edited on 3/12/11 at 12:02 am
Posted on 3/12/11 at 12:00 am to GamecockAlum
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If the players were so shitty then why did many of them make their way to NFL rosters?
Because the league needs backup scrubs. Turnover Tommy Maddox the only guy to ever do anything and he was already an NFL 1st rounders. Maybe throw in Steve Gleason for greatest moment ever purposes.
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Again there were many reasons for the XFL's failure, but players weren't among them.
Again
Posted on 3/12/11 at 12:03 am to saintsfan22
By the way, Gamecock Alum and I are not on the same team. We just happen to share similar viewpoints. Just wanted to make that clear.
Posted on 3/12/11 at 12:12 am to JG77056
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By the way, Gamecock Alum and I are not on the same team. We just happen to share similar viewpoints. Just wanted to make that clear.
too bad, You're now linked with him for eternity where concerned on the MSB.
Posted on 3/12/11 at 12:20 am to GamecockAlum
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Again there were many reasons for the XFL's failure, but players weren't among them.
Can you fill me in on what these were?
Posted on 3/12/11 at 12:20 am to GamecockAlum
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You idiots STILL are assuming that players won't cross. They can and would.
How do you cross a lockout? The owners are locking out the players
Posted on 3/12/11 at 12:21 am to LfcSU3520
And you are forever linked with being an idiot. Congrats.
The league was around before Brees and Brady and will survive long after they are gone, even if they never play another down. That's just the reality of the situation.
The league was around before Brees and Brady and will survive long after they are gone, even if they never play another down. That's just the reality of the situation.
Posted on 3/12/11 at 12:21 am to LaBornNRaised
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Wrong. In the event of a lockout, the player regains all of his rights to do as he pleases.
So you're saying all players are now free agents? Why are they having a draft next month?
Posted on 3/12/11 at 12:22 am to The Easter Bunny
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How do you cross a lockout? The owners are locking out the players
I've been laughing at this little missing nugget the whole time.
Posted on 3/12/11 at 12:24 am to LfcSU3520
I got in on the first page, then missed the entire thread at work, and was just catching up. Lots of knowledge being dropped by GCA, so I'm just trying to learn
Posted on 3/12/11 at 12:26 am to GamecockAlum
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You idiots STILL are assuming that players won't cross. They can and would. The league will move on with or without Drew Brees.
It's a lockout retard. Not a strike.
Sit down.
Posted on 3/12/11 at 12:27 am to LfcSU3520
Oh well. I'm just telling you how fans see it. You'll never see it from our side, and we'll probably never see it from yours. We'll always see it as a bunch of guys complaining about getting an absurd amount of money to have the job we all wish we did.
And of course the owners are making money, but that's what business owners are supposed to do. They made a good investment and are paying more than fair wages. I always hear players talk about how it's just business when it comes time to sign a new contract, but when the owners treat the team as a business owner would, they're the bad guy?
And of course the owners are making money, but that's what business owners are supposed to do. They made a good investment and are paying more than fair wages. I always hear players talk about how it's just business when it comes time to sign a new contract, but when the owners treat the team as a business owner would, they're the bad guy?
Posted on 3/12/11 at 12:28 am to The Easter Bunny
The union has decertified. Players can cross whenever they want.
Posted on 3/12/11 at 12:30 am to The Easter Bunny
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How do you cross a lockout? The owners are locking out the players
I thought that's why they de-certified, so the owners couldn't lock them out.
Posted on 3/12/11 at 12:30 am to GamecockAlum
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Players can cross whenever they want.
Cross to what dumbass? All NFL activity has ceased players aren't allowed in team facilities.
Posted on 3/12/11 at 12:30 am to GamecockAlum
Players aren't represented by the union now. If Joe Blow Punter wants to go ahead and sign a deal with a team, nothing is stopping him.
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