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Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule
Doty has a pending ruling that will award some unknown sum to the players (up to about $3billion). 8th District has a pending ruling that could make the lockout permanent and basically eliminate the players leverage of the anti-trust lawsuit.
Obviously simplified for the single sentence requirement, but both sides have a big incentive not to let the other shoe fall on either of these rulings.
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This kinda came out last week. It was mentioned that both sides needed to come to an agreement because if they didn't both sides would not be happy with the outcome.
It was thought that the 8th Circuit would basically allow the Lockout to continue, however if both sides didn't get something done by Sept. 11 (start of season) then the owners would pay the players triple the amount for each game. If the whole season is lost then it would cost close to 3 Billion.
Does it mean any one side has leverage? yes and no. The owners would get leverage for now but I can actually see the players deciding to not agree to anything in order to make the owners pay a price for winning now.
Basically the 8th Circuit was saying that they would listen to arguements but didn't feel they had the right to intervene and lift the lockout (which they must still be standing behind).
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