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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Whitlock: Antonio Brown secured the bag, and his peers loved it. In 2 years, NFL owners will secure the Brinks trucks with a work stoppage, and NFL players are going to hate it.<a href="https://twitter.com/WhitlockJason?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WhitlockJason</a> explains why the Antonio Brown victory celebration will be short-lived <a href="https://t.co/gqtDND0ufS">pic.twitter.com/gqtDND0ufS</a></p>— Speak For Yourself (@SFY) <a href="https://twitter.com/SFY/status/1105252814668722176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 11, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
Who's been saying this? Very obvious that contracts mean nothing to whiners.

Expect a lock out.
 
Have been saying it for 3 years now, the next CBA will be long and extended, owners can wait out the players, players need the money too much. There are far too many issues between the players, owners, and Goodell that will not be easily settled.
 
Steeler Pride said:
Have been saying it for 3 years now, the next CBA will be long and extended, owners can wait out the players, players need the money too much. There are far too many issues between the players, owners, and Goodell that will not be easily settled.
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You figured it out a bit ahead of me, but this is the last straw for the owners, is my bet. The AAF is drooling.
 
They are training replacement players as we type in the aaf.... bring it on baby!!!! sick of over priced, loud month, flag kneeing, 8 th grade educated, ungrateful, disloyal, jackasses running the nfl from the field!
 
One season without NFL football will open up more interest in the AAF and XFL. who knows. This might be where the NFL dies and the othe leagues thrive.
 
Agree here. I can easily see a year lost in the NFL due to the next CBA. The owners absolutely will want to swing things back in their favor.
 
CharlesDavenport said:
Holy ****. I'm going to start watching that guy.
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I'm a BIG fan of Whitlock.
I don't always agree with him, but he's not a red meat thrower.
VERY informative and well thought out.
 
Well, he's spot on. Everything Brown did, he went about completely wrong.
And if there IS owner/commish control at any level over officiating, I wouldn't be surprised if the Raiders get a LOT of calls going against them next couple years.
 
The owners are their own worst enemy. They compete against each other in free agency using guaranteed signing bonuses. Didn’t Mosely just get 60% of his $80 million guaranteed? Don’t want these problems, don’t offer huge signing bonuses.
 
Troglodyte said:
The owners are their own worst enemy. They compete against each other in free agency using guaranteed signing bonuses. Didn’t Mosely just get 60% of his $80 million guaranteed? Don’t want these problems, don’t offer huge signing bonuses.
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^^THIS^^

If owners would not reward the **** ups like AB when they pull their ****, the **** would go away and not occur. AB pulled his **** because he knew some team would offer him a new contract with new money. As soon as you stop rewarding the behavior, the behavior goes away.
 
And when the lockout happens will these divas turn on Brown?
 
Djfan said:
Who's been saying this? Very obvious that contracts mean nothing to whiners.

Expect a lock out.
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The nfl can put in a new rule for divas who threaten trades or opt out of signed contracts.

Give that team a second round pick at the end of the round as long as the player sits out a season, in addition to whatever amount they can get via a forced trade.

Of course this would only apply to a player making a certain amount of money on his second or third contract.


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Brilliant........in your little mind.

There is a Players union. Plus add that pesky CBA to the mix. Contracts mean nothing to both players and clubs without the bonuses. Clubs break contracts all the time, if not more than the players. It’s part of the economics in the NFL.


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Steeler Pride said:
^^THIS^^

If owners would not reward the **** ups like AB when they pull their ****, the **** would go away and not occur. AB pulled his **** because he knew some team would offer him a new contract with new money. As soon as you stop rewarding the behavior, the behavior goes away.
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That has been a tough road for the owners in Capernick's case.
 
What happens in Florida,.....stays in Florida. ALL negotiations should take place in Florida...............




Salute the nation
 
Clubs break contracts all the time, if not more than the players. It’s part of the economics in the NFL.
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Which is WHY the players get signing bonuses and if they can negotiate it, guaranteed money. The players have NO room to ***** here. If they want guaranteed long term contracts, they can negotiate for a reasonable salary over the life of the deal, no signing bonus, and a guarantee that the contract will be honored. That will lead to a BUNCH of 2 and 3 year deals at a lower salary than the player may have originally wanted, BUT they'll be guaranteed to get their money over the life of the contract.

As for managing an "Anti-Diva" future, that's easy and ultimately would have nothing to do with the players. Make it so that if a player pulls a Brown on a contract early and either forces his trade, or his release, the next team to pick him up not only has to take on his salary, they also have to take on any dead money that has already been paid to the player and is still accrued against the cap. That way, Oakland would have had to pay Brown his 30 million bonus AND "trade" cap space with Pittsburgh to the tune of 21 million. I expect the Raiders would have said... "no ******' way" to that deal.

At the next CBA the players WILL be shown who runs the league and who gets paid hundreds of millions of dollars for the privilege of playing in the league.
 
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