Ongoing CBA discussions

[sportscurmudgeon]

Originally Posted by NC_Skins

That ruling was like you laying down a full house, and the next guy dropping a royal flush on you. Now the playing field is even with much to lose from both sides of the table.

The huge difference on the two sides of the table - - despite the recent ruling by Judge Doty - - is that the owners by and large have ways to make money outside football. After all, that is how most of them made the money it takes to buy and NFL team. If the Redskins shut down completely for two years, do you think Danny Boy would be going to a Food Assistance Center looking for free canned goods?

The players on the other hand have only one way that they can earn a minimum of about $500K per year and some of them getting to earn significantly more than that. If the league shut down for 2 years, what percentage of the players would find "six-figure jobs" in the private sector? (Of course, the NFLPA reps at the bargaining table will continue to pull down more than a living wage even if the league shuts down for 2 years.)

That is a fundamental distinction between the two sides doing the negotiating and I don't see any realistic way for that aspect of the playing field to "get leveled".