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Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 08:47 AM Original message |
Lockout, decertification leave NFL in limbo (at midnight, the owners locked out the players) |
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SkyDaddy7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
1. From what I had read earlier was... |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 10:20 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. They want to see the books because the two sides use different accounting models |
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SkyDaddy7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 10:36 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. OK, thanks... |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 10:51 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I think that the current personnel rate is 60% of revenue |
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SkyDaddy7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 12:55 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. YES! You described exactly the way I see it as well! |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 03:07 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. I found it. It was 60% of football revenue. They offered 50% of TOTAL revenue |
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Fuddnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
2. Screw 'em all. |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 10:33 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. +1 |
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neoralme (812 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
3. I stopped watching all professional sports almost twenty years |
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SkyDaddy7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 10:37 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Seriously, then what do you do... |
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bahrbearian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 11:54 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Everything is about Money? Really |
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SkyDaddy7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 01:04 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. I used to before I got hurt but... |
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neoralme (812 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 02:11 PM Response to Reply #7 |
19. Money is a necessary medium of exchange. I understand that. But |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
8. I couldn't care less about the NFL |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 11:28 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. I like football. I think the players should play in open fields and leave the owners. |
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bahrbearian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 11:56 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Professional Sand Lot Football |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 12:35 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. I could go for that |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 01:39 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. Who would pay the players in these 'open lots' ? |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 03:12 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Sell tickets to attend. |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 04:31 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. So a few dozen people would pay salaries for dozens of players on both sides. |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 04:57 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Guess so. Then again, they would get pretty much all of the money from a few hundred attendees. |
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iandhr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
12. A pox on both their houses. |
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gtar100 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
14. I hope the player's union stays strong. All teams should be like Green Bay. |
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