NFL Lockout in 2011?

[Spexvet]

No Football?

[Jacqui]

It would be nice

[opticianbart]

what's football, precious?

[Uncle Fester]

My booki... err friend is giving 4-5 odds it will happen.:D
Thank goodness for the NFL farm system.;)

And who will be the biggest winners?

Lawyers!

[Spexvet]

And we fans will be the losers.

There's so much money in pro football, and these greedy SOBs have to squabble over it, like the other side is taking food right out of their mouths. They all suck.

[DragonLensmanWV]

Well, they've been paying their players way too much (so is baseball) for so long, it's a wonder they've not all gone bankrupt.

[For-Life]

What are the points of contention between the union and players?

[Pete Hanlin]

Both the players and the owners have seen record increases in profitability. The quibble is who is getting more of the increase (the players want more- the owners naturally feel they are getting enough). I'm solidly on the side of ownership on this one. In my opinion, if there is a lockout it will be directly the fault of the player's representative. Every time I have heard him speak, he is inflammatory and unreasonable. He tries soooooo hard to portray the players as being "cheated," and when you look at the numbers, the story just doesn't hold water.

Anyway, there will not be a lockout, because the NFL would have to give back millions in TV contract money- and the owners won't allow that to happen. Unfortunately, the players got a provision during the last negotiations that prohibits the owners from hiring scabs to replace the stars (I actually enjoyed watching the scabs play last time).