would you watch and bet if nfl players formed their own league next season?

[crustyme]

they would have to hire their own coaching staff and couldnt use nfl logos. so baltimore ravens would become the baltimore jailbirds... for example.

as for stadiums they should be able to use the same ones.

[playersonly69]

Of course people would watch

[Powderguy]

yeah, won't happen but who wouldn't watch

[C-Gold]

Indianapolis Horse Shoes vs the Washington ENGINES.

Nobody watched Mike Vick in prison, so why would people watch this?

[doublej95]

they could not use the stadiums that are owned by the Team owner. Washington, Carolina and New England.

[InTheDrink]

any stations affiliated with the NFL couldn't broadcast and any stations HOPING to be affiliated with the NFL wouldn't broadcast. Any broadcasters who participated would probably be blacklisted.

Therefore the broadcasts would be brutal.

just sayin'

[pavyracer]

NFL owners can go to hell! They all have enough money to live comfortably for the rest of their lives but are greedy bastards.

[mmike032]

of course I'd watch
not realistic though

[eidolon]

any stations affiliated with the NFL couldn't broadcast and any stations HOPING to be affiliated with the NFL wouldn't broadcast. Any broadcasters who participated would probably be blacklisted.

Therefore the broadcasts would be brutal.

just sayin'

why do you say that?

[cobalt king]

Are they gonna pay themselves too?

[crustyme]

tbs could buy the tv rights, so players will get paid. plus they get to keep tickets, concession, parking, merchandise sales.

i guess in cities where nfl owners own the stadiums, they could play in nearby college stadiums or move to other cities such as los angeles.

[thadchr]

Yeah, pretty much everything said in this thread is true... the scenario, as a whole, would be totally unlikely and likely suck if it did happen. But, as to the original question, of course we'd bet on it!! Do you realize who you're asking?

[DwightShrute]

Hard to feel sorry for the NFLPA where the average salary is almost $800,000 a year plus pension, medical etc
There will NFL this year.

[donkdown]

Id love to watch the Philadelphia PitBulls put in work next season under this structure!!

[Landscaper]

Where would they play?

Local highschool fields

[ramones951]

Nobody watched Mike Vick in prison, so why would people watch this?

[King Mayan]

Hard to feel sorry for the NFLPA where the average salary is almost $800,000 a year plus pension, medical etc
There will NFL this year.

800,000 for back breaking work, billions for sitting in the owners suite.....

[DrunkHorseplayer]

A lot of NFL players aren't intelligent enough to sweep floors. Start their own league? Get real.

[DwightShrute]

800,000 for back breaking work, billions for sitting in the owners suite.....

no one's forcing them to do it and ya it's tough work but they love it and if they are smart they can retire at and very very early age. Ohhh poor player, retired at 28 or 30 with a couple million in the bank and a pension. Life is over. we all should be so lucky.

You call it billions but Jamarcus Russell held out for guaranteed money and got his 30 million and now what? He's drinking plum flavored 20/20 and smoking crack with skank whores in downtown Oakland or some place.
both sides make tons of money

[spankie]

these guys are shitting the bed on a daily basis i cant even read the nfl news anymore.

let me know when its all sorted out.

[paco]

Its like bootleg movies, it wouldnt be the same, but people will still watch it.

[InTheDrink]

why do you say that?

are you serious? you don't think the nfl would cover this in a contract?

as for tbs, yeah they COULD go get tv rights but they can hang up ever negotiating with the nfl owners again

more likely you'd get an off shoot network to take it on....you could say mark cuban's network but that might be a little too close to home for him being a sports team owner himself

[jjgold]

Never will happen
No worries
NFL Owners also not worried
They got them by the balls

[GunShard]

Probably.

[Chandler]

I think you'd see a mass exodus to an existing league if players really wanted to get tough.

they won't and can't though for the most part...... fear of being black balled.

NFL owners are very much in control.... they have no problem keeping the gates locked past week 1, week 2, weeka 3. they'll lose alot of money, but they have other business interests and alot of $ in the bank.


the players on the other hand. most of them rely soley on their nfl paycheck. if the owners waited till a few weeks past September. They'll be able to "bargain" for anything they want.

basically you have 31 smart white owners with lots of resources.... going up against 1000 blacks and 500 white football players. And only 100 of them have IQ's over 100.

big mismatch

[Ice House]

NFL owners can go to hell! They all have enough money to live comfortably for the rest of their lives but are greedy bastards.

That is what I'm saying. If you have enough money to own an NFL team you should never be bitching about money EVER. This should be a hobby for them. Jerry Richardson for the Panthers is very very greedy he is the reason all this is happening. He made 52 million profit last season and he is the ring leader of this whole lockout. The guy is very cut throat... he even fired his own son last year.

[gafl]

Don't know how the insurance issue would play out. Would the players want to take the chance of getting a career ending injury while playing in a makeshift league.

[Art Vandeleigh]

I suppose I'd give it a try but I doubt it would hold my attention. Maybe if they add a red white and blue football like the old ABA did with their basketball.

[doublej95]

Why would any decent NFL player want to play in a scab league and risk injury for peanuts.

[ByeShea]

Don't know how the insurance issue would play out. Would the players want to take the chance of getting a career ending injury while playing in a makeshift league.

Flag football.

[doublej95]

Flag football.

Start up a powder puff flag football league with the cheerleaders.

[DwightShrute]

basically you have 31 smart white owners with lots of resources.... going up against 1000 blacks and 500 white football players. And only 100 of them have IQ's over 100. big mismatch

Do you really believe race has anything to do with it?

[crustyme]

all players will be insured against injury of course.

most players would appreciate any paycheck rather than nothing so i think it could become reality if this drags on for long.

[RollPlayer]

Of course! Hopefully the lines would be way off at the start too

[floridagolfer]

There's no chance this could happen, but would people watch if it did? Sure. They sit in front of the TV and watch a ton of worthless stuff already, so what's one more wasted day every week?