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How the Lock-Out Will Affect the Bucs
Now that players are locked out, they cannot enter team facilities, talk to coaches or partake in any official NFL business. They actually don’t have to abide by the personal conduct policy or submit to drug tests either. As Miami Herald writer Jeff Darlington joked last night, it’s kind of like spring break for the players. But that doesn’t exactly make fans feel...
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March 12, 2011
Discuss
Jeff Pash Lays it Down
NFL General Counsel Jeff Pash has been in a war of words with DeMaurice Smith for about a week now. Of all the people on the NFL side of this issue, I have to admit I really respect Pash for the way he doesn’t mince words and the level at which he thinks. Yesterday, Pash followed remarks from owners Jerry Richardson and John Mara, as well as commissioner Goodell, by delivering...
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March 12, 2011
The Morning After…
Well, last night things got crazy as far as the CBA and the NFL labor negotiations go, however in the greater scheme of things the NFL just looks petty and ridiculous. As the world watched in horror while the Japanese took stock of a natural disaster, looked for survivors and tried to fend of a nuclear meltdown, a bunch of rich guys in the US hurt their own business interests because...
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March 12, 2011
The Lockout is On
Well, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, NFLN’s Rich Eisen and plenty of others (like PFT) in the know, the NFL owners have just opted to lock out the players and as such, the NFL is now in hell-mode. That’s right, as of midnight on March 12, 2011, the league is currently defunct and they will not play again until the the court system gets involved. You know a situation...
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March 12, 2011
Now We Play the Blame Game
With the NFLPA decertifying today at 5 PM, we can now begin with the finger-pointing. Both sides want to blame the other for the decision and the current state of the negotiations (which is now more aptly referred to as just litigation). Both sides want to look right, while the other looks wrong and they’re going to spend the weekend flinging mud back and forth. They can’...
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March 11, 2011
NFLPA Decertifies
The NFLPA announced just moments ago that they have opted to decertify and take the collective bargaining process into the courts where judge David Doty has a reputation (and precedent) for being a pro-player judge. This is going to turn into an outright mess. The players will likely get a win in litigation when Doty first rules for the players, then the owners will appeal and a...
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March 11, 2011
To Decertify or Not to Decertify
Things are beginning to get dicey, as of penning this article, the NFLPA currently has about an hour and a half to decide whether or not they will decertify and push this CBA crisis to another level. A lot has already happened today, with both sides trying to find some common ground with the deadline approaching.
Reportedly, the owners made another proposal today, one which according...
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March 11, 2011
How the NFL Can Repair its Relationship with Fans
The NFL undoubtedly takes its fans for granted.
If you are an NFL fan and you aren’t upset right now then you’re either not serious, or you are imbued with a Gandhi-like virtue that I truly envy. Chances are though, you’re at least a little bit miffed at the current state of the NFL labor negotiations and the fact that both sides are threatening next season with...
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March 11, 2011
The Final Countdown
Things don't look good for Goodell's legacy.
Today is the deadline for the NFL and the NFLPA to either reach another extension or actually hammer out a CBA agreement. Things don’t look positive for either option right now though after talks broke down last night and both sides resorted to blasting the other in the media. Negotiations have now gone on for nearly three...
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March 11, 2011
Pray For Japan
Let's keep Japan in our thoughts and prayers.
I just wanted to take a break from covering the CBA to just focus on the horrible news coming out of Japan this morning. For those of you just waking up or turning on the news, Japan suffered at least an 8.4 magnitude earthquake last night (with some news services reporting as high 8.9). That was immediately followed by tsunami...
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March 11, 2011
DeMaurice Smith Speaks
After talks broke down last night we mentioned DeMaurice Smith broke the self-imposed media blackout. Both sides came out swinging after Jeff Pash made remarks about the lack of commitment from the NFLPA side of the negotiations and things quickly came to a boil as both sides got in their licks. If you’re not into reading the summary article that was posted yesterday, here...
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March 11, 2011
Talks Break Down, Both Sides Swinging
The NFL labor negotiations just took a turn towards high school with both sides getting involved in petty squabbles that aren’t going to be productive in regard to getting a new CBA done by tomorrow’s deadline. Things started when negotiations broke down in the afternoon and DeMaurice Smith sent the NFLPA reps home. Smith most likely did this more as a publicity stunt...
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March 10, 2011
18 Game Schedule Off the Table
DeMaurice Smith shut down the idea of an extended season.
It seemed like something that only the owners wanted to see anyway, but DeMaurice Smith, in speaking publicly for the first time in weeks last night, confirmed that the proposal for an extended season was no longer on the negotiating table. Since before last season, the NFL seems to have been intent on squeezing two more regular...
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March 10, 2011
PFT: Players Asking Too Much
It's not often I agree with PFT, but this time I do.
It’s very rare that I agree with anything Mike Florio says. He seems like a nice enough guy and I both respect the path he took build a hugely successful blog and the work he puts into covering the NFL. That being said I think he’s a bit of a prig and for a guy with a law degree pays little to no mind to concept...
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March 09, 2011
DeMaurice Smith Leaves Negotiations
DeMaurice Smith was most recently seen leaving the site of the NFL labor negotiations. The two sides have been meeting all day, this is the 12th day of negotiations and this morning’s topic dealt largely with the NFLPA call for more financial transparency on the part of the league. To their credit, the league appears ready to open up the books, but the degree to which they...
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March 09, 2011
CBA Latest: Things Getting Tense
Here’s the latest on the current CBA negotiations, thanks to the fine people at ESPN. Both sides are still squabbling over finanical transparency and this could be the straw that breaks that proverbial camel’s back. The new deadline is set to expire on Friday. Whether or not another extension is passed, a CBA gets done or things go to hell remains to be seen but this...
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March 09, 2011
The Books May be Opening
Financial transparency is still a sticking point.
It’s been a recurring theme since these labor negotiations intensified, but on Tuesday the NFLPA once again made note of the incomplete financial picture they have, and this time it appears as though the NFL is considering relenting and turning over even more information. Today lead mediator George H. Cohen is meeting with a...
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March 09, 2011
Ronde Barber Inspires Brother to ‘Un-retire’
Ronde always knew Tiki had a face more suited for radio.
If not for Charlie Sheen, this would be one of the most bone-headed moves by a sex-addicted celebrity in all of 2011. Tiki Barber has chosen to dust off his cleats and return to football after retiring following the 2006 season. For those of you doing the math at home, that’s a four year hiatus. He says his brother Ronde...
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March 09, 2011
Labor Meetings Continuing Into Tonight
Both sides of the NFL labor situation will continue to negotiate this evening according to ESPN’s Marc Schwarz. Though there have been statements of support from both sides in the past 72 hours stating they are optimistic a deal can get done, Schwarz doesn’t sugarcoat the list of issues still unresolved and describes the optimism as unfounded. The sides now have about...
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March 08, 2011
Meetings Continue as Another Deadline is Approaching
The NFL and NFLPA continue to meet in DC.
The NFL and the NFLPA continued meeting again today as the league’s labor negotiations continued under the supervision of George Cohen. Whispers have been emerging all week that things are getting better and a bit of optimism seems to be welling up from people around the NFL. But that doesn’t necessarily mean that things are getting...
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March 08, 2011
Raheem Morris Optimistic About CBA
Raheem Morris is optimistic about the CBA.
Raheem Morris has had little to distract him from the work of evaluating talent for the upcoming NFL Draft. With NFL labor negotiations currently ongoing, free agency and all player transactions are on hold, leaving little for Morris to do with his time beside attend Tampa Bay Rays spring training games and scout players for the draft with...
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March 08, 2011
Open Letter to the NFL
Dear NFL Owners and NFL Players,
How dare you?!
How dare you crush our dreams of football. How can you be so selfish? How can you take away the one thing that makes us forget about our problems even if it’s just for 4 quarters?
You’re role models. You are supposed to show the kids of this generation, who look up to you more so than they do God, how to be good people....
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March 08, 2011
QB Forum: The ’09 Draft Class (Pt. 2)
Chances are neither of these guys would be good on the Bucs.
We started our quarterback forum yesterday afternoon when we posted part one of our round-table on the QB Class of 2009. Bloggers Zac Snyder from SideLion Report and Marc Greenberg of The Jet Press discussed how all three quarterbacks would fare in the other teams’ offenses with me in part two of our series. You can...
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March 05, 2011
QB Forum: The ’09 Draft Class (Pt. 2)
Chances are neither of these guys would be good on the Bucs.
We started our quarterback forum yesterday afternoon when we posted part one of our round-table on the QB Class of 2009. Bloggers Zac Snyder from SideLion Report and Marc Greenberg of The Jet Press discussed how all three quarterbacks would fare in the other teams’ offenses with me in part two of our series. You can check...
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March 05, 2011
NFL, NFLPA Agree on 7-Day Extension
The NFL and the NFLPA agreed on a second extension on Friday, this time lasting seven days and extending the time to negotiate a new collective bargaining agreement to March 11, 2011. The two sides will resume negotiating on Monday under the supervision of mediator George Cohen.
Teams are still forbidden to to execute player transactions, free agency isn’t beginning, things...
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March 04, 2011
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