Merged: Upshaw dares owners to opt out / NFL Strike

BAMAPHIN 22 · 01-31-2008, 11:42 PM

A defiant Gene Upshaw said that if the NFL's owners opt out of the current labor agreement later this year, the players' union is ready for a strike or the decertification tactics it used to get free agency after the 1987 walkout.

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"If they want to get out of the deal, there's nothing we can do about it," the executive director of the NFL Players Association said Thursday before the union's annual Super Bowl news conference. "But we'll be prepared."

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200....ap/index.html

Brown42000 · 02-01-2008, 12:25 AM

The owners better not pull this, I don't want to waste a season of football watching replacement players.

Dolphin1184 · 02-01-2008, 12:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Brown42000

The owners better not pull this, I don't want to waste a season of football watching replacement players.

PyroDOLFAN · 02-01-2008, 01:52 PM

*sigh*

Roman529 · 02-01-2008, 07:37 PM

Upshaw is just a gready pig....making a cushy $7 million a year, while retired players can barely get any health benefits and a meager retirement plan. The NFL makes billions, mostly for the owners, and not the players. No wonder guys like Matt Ditka and Kyle Turley are fed up with Upshaw...he is supposed to be helping the players, but he is in the owner's pockets.

Bonedoc7777 · 02-01-2008, 07:44 PM

money ruins everthing doesnt it, cant we just enjoy a game on a sunday, no because owners and the league want to rape you, and all the players feel that since they have better genetics then the rest of us that they should be paid like CEO'S as soon as they get out of college

MR NFLFAN · 02-02-2008, 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Bonedoc7777

money ruins everthing doesnt it, cant we just enjoy a game on a sunday, no because owners and the league want to rape you, and all the players feel that since they have better genetics then the rest of us that they should be paid like CEO'S as soon as they get out of college

I'd be more inclined to say Money runs everything.

TheMageGandalf · 02-02-2008, 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by MR NFLFAN

I'd be more inclined to say Money runs everything.

Ah..

But thats the rub...

By running everything...it eventually ruins what it runs...

Dolfan32323 · 02-02-2008, 07:29 PM

Cash Rules Everything Around Me (C.R.E.A.M.)

Phinsfan210 · 02-02-2008, 09:36 PM

I Keep hearing rumors about a possible strike in the NFL. Can someone inform me of why and is there a good chance this could actually happen.

6r3yf0x · 02-02-2008, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Phinsfan210

I Keep hearing rumors about a possible strike in the NFL. Can someone inform me of why and is there a good chance this could actually happen.

From what I have heard the players union is just pounding their chests over a proposed salary reduction / restructuring deal to reign in player salaries over the next 5-10 seasons.

Aqua4Ever04 · 02-02-2008, 09:38 PM

The option for the player's union to opt out of the current collective bargaining agreement comes up this November. Gene Upshaw said the player's union is prepared to strike and have a lockout if a new deal isn't reached.

Phinsfan210 · 02-02-2008, 09:41 PM

I hate Gene Upshaw

rdhstlr23 · 02-02-2008, 09:42 PM

I can see it now...Miami is 8-0 heading into November, the talk of the town, and boom....strike hits.

Lobofin39 · 02-02-2008, 09:44 PM

First and foremost, they better figure out a Rookie salary cap. That is a huge factor in pushing all other salaries through the roof

I am presonally getting pretty upset in hearing the rediculous amounts of money some of these guys are hauling in. If they cant handle being ovenight millionaires, screw every single one of em...

Just my 2cents worth

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Brown42000 Perennial All-Pro Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: RI Posts: 4,383 Thanks: 20 Thanked 25 Times in 20 Posts	The owners better not pull this, I don't want to waste a season of football watching replacement players. __________________

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Roman529 Moon Runner / The 3 AM Crew Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Colorado Springs, CO Posts: 25,011 Thanks: 91 Thanked 313 Times in 238 Posts	Upshaw is just a gready pig....making a cushy $7 million a year, while retired players can barely get any health benefits and a meager retirement plan. The NFL makes billions, mostly for the owners, and not the players. No wonder guys like Matt Ditka and Kyle Turley are fed up with Upshaw...he is supposed to be helping the players, but he is in the owner's pockets. __________________

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Bonedoc7777 Perennial All-Pro Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: philly Age: 45 Posts: 4,152 Thanks: 51 Thanked 156 Times in 112 Posts	money ruins everthing doesnt it, cant we just enjoy a game on a sunday, no because owners and the league want to rape you, and all the players feel that since they have better genetics then the rest of us that they should be paid like CEO'S as soon as they get out of college __________________ "If they don't bite when they are puppies they won't bite when they grow up" BILL PARCELLS

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Dolfan32323 Troll Carcass Removal Unit Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Dolphins Stadium Posts: 1,578 Thanks: 244 Thanked 53 Times in 41 Posts	Cash Rules Everything Around Me (C.R.E.A.M.) __________________ Thank you for bringing back The Depths

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Phinsfan210 F-I-N-S FINS FINS FINS Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 843 Thanks: 230 Thanked 319 Times in 136 Posts	NFL Strike I Keep hearing rumors about a possible strike in the NFL. Can someone inform me of why and is there a good chance this could actually happen.

02-02-2008, 09:38 PM	#12
Aqua4Ever04 Here's Ginn........GONE! Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Kennewick, WA Age: 21 Posts: 10,798 Thanks: 117 Thanked 442 Times in 213 Posts	The option for the player's union to opt out of the current collective bargaining agreement comes up this November. Gene Upshaw said the player's union is prepared to strike and have a lockout if a new deal isn't reached.

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Phinsfan210 F-I-N-S FINS FINS FINS Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 843 Thanks: 230 Thanked 319 Times in 136 Posts	I hate Gene Upshaw

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rdhstlr23 Go Fins! Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Jacksonville, Fl Age: 24 Posts: 2,098 Thanks: 20 Thanked 59 Times in 34 Posts FH Badges Total Awards: 1	I can see it now...Miami is 8-0 heading into November, the talk of the town, and boom....strike hits. __________________

02-02-2008, 09:44 PM	#15
Lobofin39 Time for a check up from the neck up Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Directly in the middle of nowhere Age: 13 Posts: 7,193 Thanks: 947 Thanked 325 Times in 230 Posts	First and foremost, they better figure out a Rookie salary cap. That is a huge factor in pushing all other salaries through the roof I am presonally getting pretty upset in hearing the rediculous amounts of money some of these guys are hauling in. If they cant handle being ovenight millionaires, screw every single one of em... Just my 2cents worth

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