NFL Lockout 2011

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DFresh77

DFresh77

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How many of you think this would happen?



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What Is This Lockout About?

This lockout is about the owners taking more than just the game away from fans.

* Taking away football is not only devastating to the loyal and supportive fans of the NFL; it’s also devastating to their local economies.
* If there is a lockout, an estimated $140 million would be lost in each NFL city.
* It is estimated that over 150,000 jobs would be effected.

This lockout is about inequitable leverage.

* If there is not a football season in 2011, the owners’ costs will drastically decrease.
* The owners have negotiated TV deals that guarantee them revenues even if games are not played in the 2011 season.
* The guaranteed television revenues that approach $4.5 billion, coupled with the elimination of $4.4 billion in player salaries and benefits during a lockout, could make a 2011 season without games profitable for the owners.
* They are willing to sacrifice the sport of football in this country in order to have less cost, less work, and more revenue for themselves.

This lockout is about owners wanting more from players without justified reasons or restitution.

* The owners have not been willing to give proof that they have taken a financial loss, therefore needing more money back from players.
* NFL owners are adamant in their desire to reduce the share of league revenue set aside for player salaries by roughly 18 percent ($1 billion) beginning next year.
* NFL owners want to increase the amount of games, therefore increasing each player’s risk of injury, but decreasing salaries.

This lockout is about healthcare

* Recently, the NFL said it would not continue active player healthcare in a lockout.
* The average NFL career is only 3.6 years. It takes 3 accredited years to get just 5 years of post career healthcare.
* The addition of 2 more games would hinder a player’s ability to get post career healthcare.

This lockout is about history

* Everything the players have today is a result of a past fight for basic rights.
* You would have to turn back the clock to the early 1980’s, in the days before free agency, to find a season in which the players’ share of football revenue was as low as that being proposed by the NFL owners.
* Some of the things players have fought for include: clean socks and jocks, free agency, former player benefits etc.
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DFresh77

DFresh77

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I hope not....but from what I have been reading about it, it could happen.

Hopefully they work this shit out during the offseason like you said...

I'd hate waking up everyday Sunday through the Football season with no games to watch...

Plus we wouldn't have no shit talking for a year around here, that shit wouldn't be fun either...
 
corinthian

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just because the owners will get paid either way, doesn't mean that's what they want to do. if they fuck over the networks by not having football, then the networks will fuck them over later on when new tv deals come up.
 
TheVille31

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Kinda like these Green Bay packers fans today talkin shit.

Them: HAha chiefs suck go green bay
Me: "Oh was you born in Green Bay?
Them: No from KC.
ME: Oh yeah sorry I really am just sticking with my home town team dont really have a choice, i dont wanna be a bandwagon fan.
Them: Yeah whatever *walk away awkwardly*
 
BROWN GUERRERO

BROWN GUERRERO

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TheVille31 said:
Kinda like these Green Bay packers fans today talkin shit.

Them: HAha chiefs suck go green bay
Me: "Oh was you born in Green Bay?
Them: No from KC.
ME: Oh yeah sorry I really am just sticking with my home town team dont really have a choice, i dont wanna be a bandwagon fan.
Them: Yeah whatever *walk away awkwardly*
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Haha I work with some dude that likes the Packers. Me and the Raider fans are always going at it(jokingly), but this dude tries to hop in the conversation sometimes. This is how the last one went:

Me: *talking football*
Him: Niners suck homie!! It's all about Green Bay!
Me: Whaaat? You like the Packers? You from Wisconsin?
Him: Hell no! I just like their uniforms! Oh, and the Patriots.
Me. Yeah....

lmao dude says he was originally a Raider fan, but he had to switch it up cause he liked the Packers and Patriots uniforms. I hate talking sports to motherfuckers like this cause i'm sooooo fucking passionate about my teams.
 
ayo4yayo

ayo4yayo

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Wont happen. Owners will come to an agreement. There's too much money to be made and these greedy corporate fucks wont let that happen.
 
MRTHECOSE

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u see what happened to baseball when they had a lock out. took years and roids to bring it back.

hockey too.

fans dont like when you take away for some their only outlet of entertainment. so i think an agreement will be made
 
thascary1

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i still say FUCK the reasoning of adding 2 regular season games being, oh but we can get hurt. fuck that, you have the same exact chance to get hurt in preseason. But hey us season ticket holders JUST LOVE watching scrubs play meaningless games yet pay full price for our tickets.
 
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