Originally posted on 05/13/2011:
That couldn't be wronger. If the players didn't decertify their union they wouldn't have been able to sue under antitrust laws. The last time there was a strike, the courts told them they could sue under Labor law, antitrust law, but not both. And since Labor Law in the Reagan Era has pretty much been gutted to smithereens that left only one option.
Realistically, here's what it comes down to. The players don't want to do OTAs. The owners do not want to pay the players for OTAs. So once they get to the end of the summer they'll cut a deal, have training camp, maybe shorten the preseason, and be ready to go in time for Week 1 on September 11th. If the NFL blows it by not being ready for Jets/Cowboys and Giants/Skins for 9/11 it would be the worst business decision since New Coke.
And if the NFL really does dissolve, I'll be first in line at the US Patent and Trademark Office waiting to trademark the phrase "Super Bowl" and "National Football League"
That couldn't be wronger. If the players didn't decertify their union they wouldn't have been able to sue under antitrust laws. The last time there was a strike, the courts told them they could sue under Labor law, antitrust law, but not both. And since Labor Law in the Reagan Era has pretty much been gutted to smithereens that left only one option.
Realistically, here's what it comes down to. The players don't want to do OTAs. The owners do not want to pay the players for OTAs. So once they get to the end of the summer they'll cut a deal, have training camp, maybe shorten the preseason, and be ready to go in time for Week 1 on September 11th. If the NFL blows it by not being ready for Jets/Cowboys and Giants/Skins for 9/11 it would be the worst business decision since New Coke.
And if the NFL really does dissolve, I'll be first in line at the US Patent and Trademark Office waiting to trademark the phrase "Super Bowl" and "National Football League"