Originally posted by dj43:
Originally posted by Aussie49er:
Originally posted by dj43:
I'll say it again, GIVEN RECENT COURT DECISIONS, it has become highly likely a new CBA will be in place well before the start of the 2011 season.
The current political climate is VERY pro-union, hence it would be foolish for any team to set strategy on the POSSIBILITY that there will not be an agreement in place this season.
A CBA with who? The NFL and the Players Uni......errrrrrr.
I don't have time to go back and pull all the quotes from Judge Nelson and legal analysts, but in effect, they were saying that the de-certification had little impact. It still has de facto status and with a positive decision from the Appeals court, plus political pressure that would bring, a new agreement would be signed within a couple of weeks...and we would have football.
I'm out of time for now...
Well the temp stay that might be granted would lock players out for a week they say until the real appeal is heard. You are kidding yourself if you think a new CBA will be signed in a couple of weeks. If at best you will have a full season, with a very limited training camp and preseason, how is that beneficial for rookies? So you'd be carrying a lot of inexperienced rookies who have barely had any training camp into a season with vets who have been scampering to settle into new teams themselves. How is that a good scenario? Plus I haven't even mentioned the fact that our old players have a new coach and new system.
Of course its not, but lets waste picks anyway, because our fan base want care about these real issues.