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NFLPA President DeMaurice Smith and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell shake hands after new CBA is reached
The photo to the left is symbolic of what every fan has been waiting for all summer. The end of the lockout. And, more importantly, the end to annoying lockout updates.
In the press conference …
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Darren Sharper has nothing to do with this post. But I see no reason to put up a picture of Nate Jackson or Chris Kluwe. Do you?
As the lockout negotiations appear to be ending today (*makes it rain on the Eagles and Falcons*), it’s only appropriate that we wrap …
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NFLPA's DeMaurice Smith
First of all I’d like to say…
AHAHAHHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Listen, I make no secret of the fact that I”m firmly on the players side. No, I’m not on the fan’s side. Our tax payer dollars go to games and stadiums we can’t afford. The fans have already …
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It took the NBA less than 24 hours to pull down all footage of current NBA players from NBA.com once their lockout began. Apparently, the NBA cannot profit from players during their lockout. The NFL obviously has no such rule because every other day there’s a top 10 list of …
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Brian Urlacher Says Soldier Field is a Disaster
It’s no secret that the Chicago Bears’ Soldier Field isin’t in good shape. You can even see how bad it is when watching on television as players dive into play action pieces of the field fly everywhere. Every now and then broadcast cameras …
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I know you probably have lockout fatigue-ME TOO. I’ve been trying to mix up the content around here to avoid lockout talk.
But now that we’ve officially hit summer time and the lockout legal battle is still raging, it has come time for the NFL, and I suppose us fans, to …
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The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal published opinion pieces by Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell today. Snyder’s piece is notable if for no other reason that it is one of the most terribly-written opinion editorials ever published by a paper of record. Based …
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If there’s anything that has bothered me about the debate about the lockout, it’s the implication that NFL owners should protect their business interests and players should accept whatever the owners deem appropriate.
For example, I’ve heard many people say that they don’t understand how the players can “cry” about money …
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Couch Slouch columnist Norman Chad wrote a letter to NFLPA Executive Director DeMaurice Smith basically telling him to throw in the towel. Chad said that the owners have all the cards and the union doesn’t stand a chance.
But nothing knocks the NFL off its sacred mount. Is the NFL a …
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The media’s coverage of the lockout has taken a while to catch up with reality. I can name any number of reasons for this, but the biggest one is that the threat of no football has given media outlets a lot of time to think about CBA minutia and to …
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The potential for an NFL lockout affects players around the league differently. The list below includes more well known players, but there are definitely not the only ones who are worried or should worry about the agreement. In fact, they are but a representation of the many different ways in …
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