Redskins, Cowboys could go “nuclear” over cap mess

IMO Someone from the NFL's office probably already deliverd a suitcase full of money to Burbank already case dismissed.

IMO Someone from the NFL's office probably already deliverd a suitcase full of money to Burbank already case dismissed.

How high are you?

That is some paranoid stuff there.

I want to say screw the league and sue but really i hope arbitration can resolve this matter with at least our spending not limited next year.

How high are you?

That is some paranoid stuff there.

I want to say screw the league and sue but really i hope arbitration can resolve this matter with at least our spending not limited next year.

It's not good when someone with the handle Skinitup asks you how high you are.

Either that, or everything looks like a nail when you have a hammer in your hand.

Here is a snippet from the Examiner article link in the Redskins News area:

....General manager Bruce Allen said the Redskins presented their case for two and a half hours in front of special master Stephen Burbank Thursday, hoping to recoup money $36 million in salary cap space the NFL took away from them. Allen said he did not know when they would hear a resolution from the arbitrator.

"We wanted to present our case and we were able to present part of our case," Allen said.

As for whether or not there will be another hearing Allen said, "You have to check with the league or [Giants owner] John Mara."

There had been rumors (vague on another -not ES) board that a compromise was reachable. Since they didn't show up here, I didn't put a lot of credence in them, but I wonder if this statement by Bruce Allen underlies a point that Mara particularly is keeping a settlement from being reached. Remember he made very pointed statements leading in to the league meetings.

I'm not an attorney, or even admittedly very smart, but my two cents:

Burbank will determine that he has no authority over the dispute as the NFLPA agreed to the penalty. It's not a CBA issue and he should enjoy recusing himself. It's curious to me that it's gotten as far as it has really, but maybe he's giving the teams the opportunity to prove that he does have the authority to arbitrate.

On a related note, Garcon's not worth what we're paying him. It reminded me of VC and management that isnt steering the ship, but just taking orders. I thought it was out of character for the organization's new business model. How is Garcon's contract related to the 'nuclear' penalty? Because i hope that the penalty stands and it is a serious slap to the face of the organization. I want it to remind them that the path to the playoffs isnt through overpriced free agents coming from systems with Peyton Manning delivering the packages.

I dont agree with penalty on principle, but i'm hoping that it slowed down what i viewed as a bad turn in our planning.

:doh:

Sorry to let you down FRPLG.

I'll never understand the whole rooting against your team thing, but oh well.

:doh:

If you beat a dead horse long enough, it comes back to life as a goat.

It's not good when someone with the handle Skinitup asks you how high you are.

Either that, or everything looks like a nail when you have a hammer in your hand.

Well played.