Rock out with your Lockout

[NFLLockout]

I wanted to invite all of you to check out the NFLPA's Super Bowl ad. The players want only one thing, let us play!

Check it out on Youtube by pasting this link into your browser: youtube.com/watch?v=Jl9BpUgYljQ

[sportscurmudgeon]

Originally Posted by NFLLockout

I wanted to invite all of you to check out the NFLPA's Super Bowl ad. The players want only one thing, let us play!

Check it out on Youtube by pasting this link into your browser: youtube.com/watch?v=Jl9BpUgYljQ

To be fair, the one thing the players want it to be allowed to play - - under terms that do not change from the present terms in any significant way. They have said from the beginning that they are happy with the current CBA and don't need to negotiate any changes to it at all.

So, "Let us play!" is a bit of an over-simplification of the confrontation here.

In addition, the idea that all they want is "Let us play" sort of conflicts with DeMaurice Smith's statement that the NFLPA and the NFL are "at war".

This is NFLPA "propaganda" just as the interviews with Roger Goodell on NFL Network (gee, who owns NFL Network?) is NFL "propaganda". When really serious negotiations start, NONE of that propagandizing will happen. Things have not yet gotten serious at the bargaining table...

[NFLLockout]

Hey guys, as many of you know, the NFL recently filed a claim with the National Labor Relations board against the NFLPA.

The NFLPA has responded to that claim:

The players didn’t walk out, and the players can’t lockout. Players want a fair, new and long-term deal. We have offered proposals and solutions on every issue the owners have raised. This claim has absolutely no merit.

I'd love to hear your thoughts on this!

[RobH4413]

Originally Posted by sportscurmudgeon

So, "Let us play!" is a bit of an over-simplification of the confrontation here.

I mean, what are you going to lay out the case by case logistics in a Superbowl commercial? Or are you going to just keep it simple.

It's a bit misleading, but they've got to communicate their grievances in a way that translates. The missing link in all of this is the fan, and the NFLPA wants to motivate them.