[SirClintonPortis]

Originally Posted by SBXVII

I'm sure there are some idiots that thought that all that had to happen was both sides to agree and it was done. I think the informed fan would know that a proposal is just that a proposal. After both sides agree to the proposal then it goes to the lawyers to be legally written and then sent out to be reviewed yet again and then ratified. But .... if both sides agree to the proposal which is the basic ideas then the lockout can be lifted and players can get signed and practices started. The whole while time the final copy is being drawn up to be signed.

The owners want to deal with 1 entity not 1900+. It's all a game. Expensive one but a game. If the players want to play then they have to agree to the proposal, if they want to agree to the proposal then they have to reunite as one entity. There is no reason for the owners to take on all the risk by lifting the lockout, allowing the players to arrive, then peruse the proposal, then vote on becoming a union again, and then voting on the proposal. The players are taking no risk and what if they decide they don't want to become a union again? There are some who don't want it. Then the owners have opened the door for each player to file a suit against them.

"Informed" fans are nonexistent compared to the general dumbass couch potatoes most of them are; they are the ones who think that players only play 16 weeks a year and use the rest of the time for vacation. They are clueless that the players actually do go to work for the rest of the week and the successful ones are self-motivated people who sacrifice their own time in the film room, etc.