Updated Title: 8th Circuit Court Grants Stay, Lockout Reinstated

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Originally Posted by JoeRedskin

Yes. I meant owners.

IMHO Nelson should have stayed the lawsuit until the NLRB made a decision as to the players decision to decertify. IF the decertification was illegal, THEN the owners have no "anti-trust music" to face. Instead, in a case of judicial activism, Nelson injects herself into parralel proceedings writes the score, hires the musicians and rents the hall so that she can eventually force the owners to listen to her "Anti-trust Symphony In Green".

As I said, result oriented judiciating as opposed to law based judginess.

It's just not very scientifical.

I think you have your finger on the pulse here. Nelson does seem to be engaging in results oriented decision making. She has left the owners with only one palatable escape from their "damned if we do, damned if we don't" situation: make real compromise moves on a deal on a new CBA now.

Since I am not a legal purist, I like it. The owners have struck me as both greedy and arrogant, and as such in need of a swift kick in the pants. Nelson has delivered that swift kick.