NFLPA director cautions about a lockout
 

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It really sounds as if both sides are doing heavy lobbying. This article is just a 2 sentence piece, but there have been articles recently on retired players benefits, and rookie salary cap, that make it seem like both sides are prepping for a drawn out negotiation.

It's too early to be yelling the sky is falling, but at the same token, I hope both sides are really working toward the same end. Right now, it doesn't seem that way.

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The owners and players would be complete fools to allow any kind of work stoppage.

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It's going to be ugly. A lot of big issues on the table need to get hammered out.

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There is so much at stake here for both sides that both sides are going to posture like heck. A lockout, heaven forbid, could happen. But it is too early in the posturing war to make that call.

Then again, whenever there is a strike, we seem to win the Super Bowl.

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I do not believe this will be allowed to happen. The NBA and MLB's image problems have allowed the NFL to become the #1 sport by a huge margin. No one really cares about hockey since their last strike, but they're slowly recovering. I watch hockey again, but am not joined by many people that I know.

It would be a huge blow to the most successful (currently) sports league in the world.

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