NFLPA Files Collusion Lawsuit Against NFL, Owners

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Originally Posted by Ruhskins

To think that if Mara and the rest of the of the NFL owners had not been bitchy about the Redskins/Cowboys using the uncapped year to unload contracts they would have avoided this whole mess.

I thought the Jenkins article was a good one. This is Kabuki theater designed to make DeMaurice Smith look like he's standing up for the players against the owners.

To be clear, the NFLPA has:

• signed a written statement agreeing to waive all claims re: contract practices in 2010
• Signed off on the NFL punishing four teams to get D. Smith re-elected
• Claimed that punishing four teams wasn't evidence of collusion but that blogger opinion of that punishment is (because if the actual punishment were proof, they obviously approved it)
• Claimed there was a secret $123m cap, despite that googling "nfl team salary 2010" will show that 16 of 32 teams were over that number.
• Claims that the league is selectively punishing the #1,2,3 & 8 spenders in 2010 but not #4,5,6,&7

They're going back on their agreement, and they're making up ridiculous arguments to get "NFLPA Sues NFL for $1 Billon" as a headline.