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Post by T R W on Mar 11, 2011 17:21:13 GMT -5
It means no real players in Madden this year.
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Post by sean™ on Mar 11, 2011 18:19:05 GMT -5
As much as it would suck to not have football in 2011, the owners seemed to have brought this on themselves.
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Post by BV on Mar 11, 2011 18:34:45 GMT -5
Didn't they have over 2 years to agree to a new deal? This sh*t is ridiculous. I need to see Breesus ing defenses up the ass in 2011
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Post by MC2 on Mar 11, 2011 19:42:36 GMT -5
So, will there be a season or not?
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Post by BV on Mar 11, 2011 19:44:20 GMT -5
So, will there be a season or not? No.
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Post by Almost Like Flacco on Mar 11, 2011 20:10:53 GMT -5
This is some BS. With no football, what the hell am I supposed to watch this fall?
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Post by Jean-Ralphio on Mar 11, 2011 20:16:09 GMT -5
So, will there be a season or not? No. How do you know? There is 0.000000000000000% chance they cancel the entire year There will be some sort of a season, it very well start on time, but as of right now its not looking good
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Post by figurecollector on Mar 11, 2011 20:37:00 GMT -5
I saw something earlier in the week whether there is a season, a partial season or no season depends on when or if they reach an agreement.
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Post by BV on Mar 11, 2011 20:42:59 GMT -5
How do you know? There is 0.000000000000000% chance they cancel the entire year There will be some sort of a season, it very well start on time, but as of right now its not looking good How do you know there is a 0 chance they cancel the entire year? You don't know any more than anyone else. As of right now there is no football. No one wants to see it, but it could very well happen.
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Post by Tim Tebow™ on Mar 11, 2011 20:57:32 GMT -5
This is some BS. With no football, what the hell am I supposed to watch this fall? College football.
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Post by Jean-Ralphio on Mar 11, 2011 21:20:21 GMT -5
How do you know? There is 0.000000000000000% chance they cancel the entire year There will be some sort of a season, it very well start on time, but as of right now its not looking good How do you know there is a 0 chance they cancel the entire year? You don't know any more than anyone else. As of right now there is no football. No one wants to see it, but it could very well happen. Seriously dude stop the whining, the NFL has never lost a season, plus they were asking for an extension so there is common ground already. Let me repeat, THERE IS NO WAY THE ENTIRE YEAR WILL BE CANCELED. 0/NADA/ZILCH/NONE The NFL is nto like hockey, people watch it and it makes money. There will not lose the entire year. No go back to whining about Breebous or whomever.
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Post by BV on Mar 11, 2011 21:27:54 GMT -5
How do you know there is a 0 chance they cancel the entire year? You don't know any more than anyone else. As of right now there is no football. No one wants to see it, but it could very well happen. Seriously dude stop the whining, the NFL has never lost a season, plus they were asking for an extension so there is common ground already. Let me repeat, THERE IS NO WAY THE ENTIRE YEAR WILL BE CANCELED. 0/NADA/ZILCH/NONE The NFL is nto like hockey, people watch it and it makes money. There will not lose the entire year. No go back to whining about Breebous or whomever. Uh, I'm not whining about anything. I'm optimistic a deal could get done, as nobody wants to see the season get canceled. Who the is Breebous?
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Post by MC2 on Mar 11, 2011 21:38:58 GMT -5
You guys realize the lockout can be undone or whatever the correct term is for the lockout to go away. There will most likely be a season. The season starts in September, it's early March, theres a long time to go.
And also, if the NCAA was smart, they should move half the college football games to sunday if there is no NFL, so everyone can watch every game.
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Post by Jean-Ralphio on Mar 11, 2011 22:17:22 GMT -5
Seriously dude stop the whining, the NFL has never lost a season, plus they were asking for an extension so there is common ground already. Let me repeat, THERE IS NO WAY THE ENTIRE YEAR WILL BE CANCELED. 0/NADA/ZILCH/NONE The NFL is nto like hockey, people watch it and it makes money. There will not lose the entire year. No go back to whining about Breebous or whomever. Uh, I'm not whining about anything. I'm optimistic a deal could get done, as nobody wants to see the season get canceled. Who the is Breebous? Sorry Breesous
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Post by BV on Mar 11, 2011 22:33:40 GMT -5
Uh, I'm not whining about anything. I'm optimistic a deal could get done, as nobody wants to see the season get canceled. Who the is Breebous? Sorry Breesous IT'S BREESUS. FOR BREESUS CHRIST. GET IT RIGHT.
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Post by user9327 on Mar 16, 2011 23:43:17 GMT -5
I heard on ESPN radio this morning that the owners actually have stockpiled money expecting this and that they stand to still actually make money due to the TV deal even if there aren't any games (not sure how that holds up).
In other words:
The players have more to lose (smaller window to make prime money in their short careers). The owners feel the players are being stubborn and vice versa. The owners will still have ownership of the team even if they miss a season. The lockout could drastically change the lives financially of many of the players.
I think there's a good chance there is no football at all next season. But in 1999 the NBA players got it done in the final hour.
I think the players could also cave in a bit, even though they say they will not.
What is the cutoff date for a complete loss of a season? I think that's what we're looking at for "will this work out this year?" Something closer to that date, than the actual start of the season.
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Post by Hulkamaniac on Mar 19, 2011 17:35:42 GMT -5
Apparently some of the players are freaked out that they won't be able to afford health insurance. Premiums cost $2400 a month. The league rookie minimum was $320k. Is this really supposed to inspire sympathy for the players? 'Cuz it ain't working for me.
The economy is still kind of in the crapper. I'm supposed to feel for someone who made $7-8 mil last year and how he can't afford to keep up his life style if he makes $0 this year?
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Post by Kliquid on Mar 20, 2011 6:09:14 GMT -5
One of the big issues with health care is for the future, not for now.
Under the new proposal, from what I understand, players are ineligible to receive health care from the NFL once they retire from the league if they ever take another job elsewhere.
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Post by captain master talbot on Mar 20, 2011 8:47:40 GMT -5
Then teach them not to spend their millions on bullcrapsunglasses and fur coats
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Post by Hulkamaniac on Mar 20, 2011 12:53:36 GMT -5
One of the big issues with health care is for the future, not for now. Under the new proposal, from what I understand, players are ineligible to receive health care from the NFL once they retire from the league if they ever take another job elsewhere. Yeah, it's rough. You make $8 mil plus a year for 10-15 years and there's no way you'd be able to afford healthcare for the rest of your life. In comparison, the average person in America earns $1-2 million dollars in their entire life time.
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