NFL Lockout

• GoChiefs

  

  If there is indeed a lockout..the NFL will STILL get 5 BILLION dollars from television deals. If if they play zero games. Think there will be a lockout or will they get a deal worked out?
  
  http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4887844
• newarkcatholicfan

  

  I think a lockout is gong to occur.
• justincredible

  

  I think the lockout is inevitable.
• thavoice

  I dont believe there will be a lockout.
  
  Id say......4.7552%.
• j_crazy

  

  newarkcatholicfan wrote: I think a lockout is gong to occur.

  I totally agree, but I wish so badly that it wouldn't.
• THE4RINGZ

  

  On a scale of one to ten the possibility of a lock out is a 14.
  
  Heard someone in the know say that on ESPN Radio this morning. I didn't catch his name.
• Rotinaj

  

  Footsteps Falco went to OSU...Hopefully the browns could snag him.
• gorocks99

  

  I hear Washington has the strongest interest.
• Al Capone

  THE4RINGZ wrote: On a scale of one to ten the possibility of a lock out is a 14.
  
  Heard someone in the know say that on ESPN Radio this morning. I didn't catch his name.

  That would of been the head of the players union. DeMaurice Smith.
• THE4RINGZ

  

  Al Capone wrote:

  THE4RINGZ wrote: On a scale of one to ten the possibility of a lock out is a 14.
  
  Heard someone in the know say that on ESPN Radio this morning. I didn't catch his name.

  That would of been the head of the players union.

  Thanks. I was in the car and on the phone, and only caught that part of the entire interview. After hearing that I wanted ot crash my car into a tree. What am I supposed to do on Sundays next fall? I will be very confused.
• Al Capone

  They're a year away from that so I'm sure that is just posturing on his part. I love the nfl more than anyone, but there is a part of me hoping for a lockout just to put these players in their place.
• thavoice

  Al Capone wrote: They're a year away from that so I'm sure that is just posturing on his part. I love the nfl more than anyone, but there is a part of me hoping for a lockout just to put these players in their place.

  Exactly.
  
  Both sides will portray it as the worst case scenario. NFLPA will publicly state they expect a lockout, and the owners will state a lockout could be imminent.
  
  We still have over a year before that happens. 2010 will be uncapped in all probabillity unless a miracle happens in the next few weeks and this doesnt have to be done until March of 2011.
• End of Line

  

  80% chance.
• GoChiefs

  

  THE4RINGZ wrote: Heard someone in the know say that on ESPN Radio this morning. I didn't catch his name.

  3rd sentence in the link article too.
• UA5straightin2008

  

  what exactly does a lockout mean or entail....??
• Al Capone

  A strike means the players refuse to play. A lockout means the owners wont allow the players to play.
• UA5straightin2008

  

  but why?
• Al Capone

  Right now the players get 60% of the total revenues. The owners want it 50-50. But I'm sure there are other sticking points. Also if there is no season in 2011 the owners still get 5 Billion in tv money that they dont have to give to the players.
• thavoice

  Al Capone wrote: Right now the players get 60% of the total revenues. The owners want it 50-50. But I'm sure there are other sticking points. Also if there is no season in 2011 the owners still get 5 Billion in tv money that they dont have to give to the players.

  I imagine owners would be ok with 50/50 split. In what the NFLPA put out they said the owners want it to be in the llow to mid 40's. We all know in negotiations that both sides start at an unrealistic level so they can compromise.
• krazie45

  

  I highly doubt a lockout actually happens. Both sides are just trying to scare the other, but both know that there's too much money on the line to have a lockout. Even if there is a lockout, they'll probably get scab players like in the late 80s/early 90s. I'd be extremely surprised to see no football