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March 01, 2011
Judge rules in NFLPA's favor on lockout issue: "Judge David Doty has ruled that the NFL violated the Collective Bargaining Agreement by striking deals with television networks that require ongoing payments to the league during a work stoppage." Follow up here.
Anything that negatively impacts the owners' bottom line can do nothing but potentially help the players.
posted by dyams at 09:15 PM on March 01, 2011
Some good information in this Twitter feed.
posted by yerfatma at 09:25 PM on March 01, 2011
It helps...before this ruling, all pressure was on the players as the owners could sit back and collect enormous checks even if a game isn't played next year. Now they at least have the same incentive as the players to get something done.
posted by bdaddy at 09:45 PM on March 01, 2011
And some of the folks on the owners' side of the table would be wise to drop the hubris and start treating the players like partners again, instead of like employees.
Like partners? Then this wouldn't make sense:
Anything that negatively impacts the owners' bottom line can do nothing but potentially help the players.
posted by tselson at 09:57 PM on March 01, 2011
Thanks for the insight folks.
posted by Drood at 11:32 PM on March 01, 2011
The "Yay" moment will come when these millionaire / billionaire types agree on their portions of the pie so the rest of us can watch football on our non-high def mid 90's vintage tube televisions .. if we aren't working overtime to pay our bills, that is.
posted by cixelsyd at 11:42 PM on March 01, 2011
Like partners? Then this wouldn't make sense:
Except they could be working on how to make the pie bigger instead of trying to get bigger slice.
posted by yerfatma at 08:46 AM on March 02, 2011
So to an outsider, can you translate.
Is this a "Yay!", a "Boo!" or a "Meh" moment?