Twitter burns as Owners ratify

JoeRedskin

I get that 1600 players want a chance to see the final product and understand it before agreeing to it, but that's what the players' reps should have been doing all along so that the players can say "okay, how was this issue finally resolved? How was that issue finally resolved?" And get there answers quickly. It's not the players I blame as much as their reps and the NFLPA legal team. It's as if the legal team didn't keep the reps involved and the reps were certainly not communicating with the players. Now, the NFLPA leadership is expecting the players to understand four months of negotiating in one day and to make an informed decision. Bush league.

If I was a player (1) I would probably been more informed on the progress and bugged my rep for substantive information along the way; and (2) I would be deeply pissed at my rep if what he had been telling me up to know didn't match what I was hearing now.

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saden1

Time to go to work. Let's get it!

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SBXVII

I don't think you'll find that. I think the issue is the players like the agreement but they have to poll all 1900+ players, in other words the players must vote to be a union again. Then they can vote on accepting the new CBA. So technically the players are not ready, but it is their own mistake for not having found a way to quickly get their vote ie; a simple e-mail from each player using employee numbers or something.

The issue of the owners adding things I think is the owners demanding the players reform prior to being allowed to show up at team facilities. I think the players were hoping the owners would take all the risk and open their doors and them allow the players to come together to vote on reforming then the player rep could send the vote to whomever and with the majority vote then the player reps could vote on the new CBA as a union. But the owners don't want to take the risk and I don't blame them.

As far as the other issue's like injury settlements that's all arguments a union would have to argue which can't take place until the players reform.

Leader In Sports

FYI - For those going to Canton - the game is canceled but the tailgating party is still on.

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SmootSmack

The real culprit here is Twitter. Everyone's getting up in arms, even some players, publicly minute by minute for the world to see for what is just a standard part of the process. We're talking about a 10 year deal with no out clause. Of course, they should take their time to review it. Sorry if everyone wanted the players just to sign off on it right away...but maybe they're not as stupid as so many believe.

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SBXVII

NFL network just talking about it saying basically ther is 2 big issues...

1- is the CBA which the players and owners don't have issues with.

And

2- how to settle the law suits and reform as a union "legally".

SBXVII

Now personally I think the NFLPA* should already have had a plan for all this and or atleast talked about by their lawyers. Why do I get the feeling the players had no intention of reforming and D.Smith never informed the players or their reps that the negotiations were going forward as if they will reform as a union? Then all the reps come back and are upset about the whole idea of reforming and dropping all the lawsuits.

Monkeydad

I'm not going to take anything from Twitter seriously. Most of the guys do not know the details and are just making initial emotional reactions public.

They're just making fools of themselves AND possibly hindering getting the thing done. I can't wait until Twitter dies.



Silence, Vonnie Holliday.

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JoeRedskin

If they are reading the document for the first time, well that's ridiculous and on the leadership.

If they are being given guidance and making sure they understand how the main points were finally resolved fine. Even then, the majority of that review should have been prepped by the player reps.

Yes. Take the time to make an informed decision. However, - don't wait until the last minute to become informed about 3 months of negotiations.

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FRPLG

I agree on the Twitter thing. It has been the real unique culprit in this situation that no one was rpepared to deal with.

I don't think the players are very savvy when it comes to this stuff at all. In general that is.

FRPLG

This.

They had/have a responsibility to be prepared to make decisions as effectively and efficiently as possible. It seems neither the players as a whole nor their leadership took the proper steps to allow for that. If this CBA is such a big deal to the players, as it should be and they have said it is, they should have been taking the whole process more seriously and professionally. Honestly I think they have repeatedly been made to look bad throughout this entire ordeal because they allow the NFL to "out-professional" them on a consistent basis.

Mattyk

It's best to just avoid Twitter at times like this.

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FRPLG

Yeah not a lot of owners getting on Twitter bitching about the players.