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2011 NFL lockout "quite possible".

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TraceOneInfinite:

--- Quote from: M Dogg on February 13, 2010, 10:44:20 PM ---
--- Quote from: Infinite...  Be and It Is on February 13, 2010, 03:54:39 PM ---I hope this isn't the turning point where football starts to decline like baseball did after the strike.

The key issue for me, and it should be for you to MDogg (being in Minnesota), is that the NFL keeps it's market sharing and salary cap in place so that small market teams can still compete.  My biggest fear is that you will have a situation like you have in Major League baseball where the Kansas City Royals can only afford a $60 Million dollar payroll, while the New York Yankees maintain a $180 Million dollar payroll.

...also, it would be nice if the fans were able to organize a strike, that would really change things for the better.

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That is part of the dispute, owners like Jerry Jones has came out personally and said that he hates the idea of the Vikings (mentioned them by name) getting as much as he does and being able to compete with him well he runs a bigger market team. This Lock Out could turn the NFL on it's head, and for the worst.

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Exactly, I'm glad you see how big a deal this is.  Word is that the owners are actually holding things up amongst themselves, as you mentioned.  It would help if they could come to an agreement amongst each other first, then it would be more likely to strike a deal with the players union.  As a Kansas City Chiefs and Royals fan for so many years; my main worry is over what the owners are going to agree on.   I love baseball but it's hard to take the Royals seriously when their payroll is only 1/3 the size of the major market teams.

And I hate the argument that it doesn't make a difference, and that sometimes teams throw all kinds of money and don't get results (like the Washington Redskins) while other teams spend very little and remain competitive (like the Minnesota Twins).  Because all that is saying is that if there was market sharing and the Minnesota Twins were put on an equal playing field as the Yankees, then they would have been able to add those one or two free agents each year and maybe they would be dominating and winning championships every years instead of just being "competitive".

Bananas:
There won't be a lockout let's stop being silly. For every industry there's scab workers.

Sparegeez:
pathetic if this shit really happens

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