8th Circuit Court Grants Stay, Lockout Continues

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by FRPLG

No. They did not legally decertify. CR is right. They filed a disclaimer of interest which the media has repeatedly purported as decertification. Which it is not. By law. Different things legally. I have no read on the case-law but commonsense says the 8th isn't going to all the trouble they have been so far to simply let them off on a technicality like that. But the law isn't always based in commonsense.

To clarify my point. Legal de-certification is an indepth process, which couldn't be done with just a letter to the judge like the NFLPA did. However, they certainly now have time to go through and file the appropriate paperwork if they so choose. The main differences, one the disclaimer can be revoked quickly if needed. The 2nd part and what I wonder, is that the disclaimer had to be filed before the CBA was expired, or else they fell under the 6month rule. Now we are eating away at those 6months that were supposed to be a kick in everybody's butt to get one last gasp of a deal done. Instead, we are watching both sides run around in the legal process, and by the time it all gets resolved, the NFLPA will be able to decertify.

[over the mountain]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

Now we are eating away at those 6months that were supposed to be a kick in everybody's butt to get one last gasp of a deal done. Instead, we are watching both sides run around in the legal process, and by the time it all gets resolved, the NFLPA will be able to decertify.

Admittedly and thankfully I havent been following this thing but I have a similar concern. To my understanding the 8th circuit or any other court is not going to tell them how to split the 9 bil, the court is just there to decide whether or not the negotiating tactics are legal (can the NFLPA decertify, can the NFL lockout the players, was the tv deal done in bad faith to give the owners insurance in case of a lockout, etc...).

At the end of the day, after the courts rulings are final and many months of non-negotiating has passed, the NFL and NFLPA still need to sit down and come to an agreement on how to split the 9 bil.

If, in the end, they just basically split the 9 bil 50/50, all this crap and grand standing was done for nothing.

One side better win and make this drawn out legal battle worth it. I think Goddell was right, this thing isnt going to be decided in court but at the negotiating table. The court cant force the 2 sides to agree.

They should just split the 9 bil and be done with this crap. If thats what they do in the end, really eff them both.