Possible Lockout for the NFL during the 2021 season?

[SideSwipe52]

Reports coming out of CBS Sports:

NFLPA apparently advising players to plan for an NFL work stoppage of at least one year!



Link posted below:


NFLPA apparently advising players to plan for an NFL work stoppage of at least one year

 

[ATL96Steeler]

NFLPA to agents: Players should save money

I was at a radio sports talk remote a couple of years ago and former NFL/UGA player now radio show host, Randy McMichael said the players will have to sit out a year to ever make any serious gains. He doesn't see that ever happening because far too many players have hand-to-mouth type finances.

Well, the NFLPA appears to be posturing, but they've never really put out a communication as pointed as this one. They have 3 seasons remaining under the current CBA....after the '21 season, maybe they finally get serious and force the owners to miss some revenue as well.

 

[ATL96Steeler]

We're seeing the same thing...maybe they can merge those two threads.

 

[huskers1217]

Reports coming out of CBS Sports:

NFLPA apparently advising players to plan for an NFL work stoppage of at least one year!



Link posted below:


NFLPA apparently advising players to plan for an NFL work stoppage of at least one year

That is the first thing I thought of when 2022 when to TBD

NFL Draft locations, cities
Draft Location City
1936 Ritz-Carlton Philadelphia
1937 Hotel Lincoln New York
1938 Hotel Sherman Chicago
1939 Hotel New Yorker New York
1940 Schroeder Hotel Milwaukee
1941 Willard Hotel Washington, D.C.
1942-44 Palmer House Chicago
1945-47 Hotel Commodore New York
1948 Hotel Fort Pitt Pittsburgh
1949-50 Bellevue-Stratford Hotel Philadelphia
1951 Blackstone Hotel Chicago
1952 Hotel Statler New York
1953-54 Bellevue-Stratford Hotel Philadelphia
1955 Warwick Hotel New York
1956 Bellevue-Stratford Hotel (Rounds 1-3) Philadelphia
Ambassador Hotel (Rounds 4-30) Los Angeles
1957 Warwick Hotel (Rounds 1-4) Philadelphia
Bellevue-Stratford Hotel (Rounds 5-30) Philadelphia
1958-61 Warwick Hotel Philadelphia
1962-64 Sheraton Hotel Chicago
1965-66 Summit Hotel New York
1967 Hotel Gotham New York
1968-71 Belmont Plaza Hotel New York
1972 Essex House New York
1973-74 Americana Hotel New York
1975 Hilton Hotel New York
1976-78 Roosevelt Hotel New York
1979 Waldorf New York
1980-83 Sheraton Hotel New York
1984-85 Omni Park Central Hotel New York
1986-94 Marriott Marquis New York
1995-04 Theatre at Madison Square Garden New York
2005 Jacob Javits Convention Center New York
2006-14 Radio City Music Hall New York
2015-16 Auditorium Theatre at Roosevelt University Chicago
2017 Benjamin Franklin Parkway Philadelphia
2018 AT&T Stadium Dallas
2019 Downtown Nashville Nashville
2020 The Las Vegas Strip Las Vegas
2021 Downtown Cleveland Cleveland
2022 TBD TBD
2023 Downtown Kansas City Kansas City

 

[Across The Field]

Posturing is all this is. The players have no leverage. The salary cap keeps increasing, the highest paid player in the league basically keeps changing every year. There's nothing more they can ask for other than taking marijuana off the list of banned substances, but that's not going to warrant a year-long lockout.

 

[ATL96Steeler]

Posturing is all this is. The players have no leverage. The salary cap keeps increasing, the highest paid player in the league basically keeps changing every year. There's nothing more they can ask for other than taking marijuana off the list of banned substances, but that's not going to warrant a year-long lockout.

IDK...the players do want to see pot taken off the banned list, but also they want to reduce Goodell's' power, the Franchise tag reworked, and get more guaranteed money.

 

[dbldwn711]

NFLPA to agents: Players should save money

I was at a radio sports talk remote a couple of years ago and former NFL/UGA player now radio show host, Randy McMichael said the players will have to sit out a year to ever make any serious gains. He doesn't see that ever happening because far too many players have hand-to-mouth type finances.

Well, the NFLPA appears to be posturing, but they've never really put out a communication as pointed as this one. They have 3 seasons remaining under the current CBA....after the '21 season, maybe they finally get serious and force the owners to miss some revenue as well.

I just don’t see how the players have it “that bad” that the owners are taking advantage of them. Look, I’m not siding with the owners but what do the players want that they need to go on strike for a year or more?

 

[Pure Steel]

I just don’t see how the players have it “that bad” that the owners are taking advantage of them. Look, I’m not siding with the owners but what do the players want that they need to go on strike for a year or more?

Maybe they push for allowing domestic violence?

 

[Across The Field]

IDK...the players do want to see pot taken off the banned list, but also they want to reduce Goodell's' power, the Franchise tag reworked, and get more guaranteed money.

I'm sure they do want it, but at the end of the day, they're not going to give up a year's salary to try and make a point.

 

[dbldwn711]

Maybe they push for allowing domestic violence?

I’m pretty sure Asian massages wouldn’t be that difficult of a get.

 

[Pure Steel]

I'm sure they do want it, but at the end of the day, they're not going to give up a year's salary to try and make a point.

No one could be THAT stupid to sit out a year for the insane money these guys make......

 

[Across The Field]

No one could be THAT stupid to sit out a year for the insane money these guys make......

That's why it won't happen.

I was listening to the local Columbus sports radio while I was mowing earlier today and James Laurinaitis has a show. He mentioned how this isn't the first time a letter like this has been sent out to the players before. He said the NFL is too big of a monster and the players are just making too much for this to be a thing.

 

[SteelersPride]

I just don’t see how the players have it “that bad” that the owners are taking advantage of them. Look, I’m not siding with the owners but what do the players want that they need to go on strike for a year or more?

Some here say the players should do as little as possible and be paid out the wazoo

 

[ATL96Steeler]

I just don’t see how the players have it “that bad” that the owners are taking advantage of them. Look, I’m not siding with the owners but what do the players want that they need to go on strike for a year or more?

What I'm hearing the most.

• players prefer a committee to decide player discipline...i.e. reduce the power of the commissioner
• revisit the Franchise Tag control
• bigger slice of the pie, currently getting less than 50% (reportedly 48.5%)
• more guaranteed money
• a segment wants to see pot taken off the banned list.

 

[Battlelyon]

Nice, nothing like rich spoiled people bickering

 

[ATL96Steeler]

I'm sure they do want it, but at the end of the day, they're not going to give up a year's salary to try and make a point.

I'm pretty sure this public announcement is more posturing than anything else. I agree with Randy Mac and you that it won't happen but the NFL CBA relative to other team sports leagues is still favoring the owners.

 

[NWPATSFAN]

Got to love union posturing.
Especially the weak ass NFLPA.
Players will not strike for a year.
They have way too much to lose.
Note the owners aren't putting out a memo to save a years salary.

 

[CaptainStubing]

eh, not sure I agree with some of the sentiments in this thread. Granted, I will give you the fact that the NFLPA is one of the weakest in all of sports and that may, once again, lead to them not striking.

However, it must be grinding a lot of the players that MLB players get fully guaranteed contracts upwards of $300 mill + and NBA stars are now making $40 mill per.

To be fair, in the NFL, the players have to share the 'pie' more than MLB and NBA because rosters are larger, but the players may feel the fact that their league generates so much more revenue than the other 2, that they are getting screwed.

 

[Across The Field]

I'm pretty sure this public announcement is more posturing than anything else. I agree with Randy Mac and you that it won't happen but the NFL CBA relative to other team sports leagues is still favoring the owners.

Not sure if this makes me a dick, but I'm glad it favors the owners. It should. They're the ones who keep paying higher and higher salaries every year and updating venues. I don't care if they're already loaded, it's still their money. When a guy like Dak Prescott is being talked about as a $30mm a year guy, the players have more than plenty.

 

[Across The Field]

eh, not sure I agree with some of the sentiments in this thread. Granted, I will give you the fact that the NFLPA is one of the weakest in all of sports and that may, once again, lead to them not striking.

However, it must be grinding a lot of the players that MLB players get fully guaranteed contracts upwards of $300 mill + and NBA stars are now making $40 mill per.

To be fair, in the NFL, the players have to share the 'pie' more than MLB and NBA because rosters are larger, but the players may feel the fact that their league generates so much more revenue than the other 2, that they are getting screwed.

Then here's a thought - go play basketball or baseball.

They don't get fully guaranteed salaries because the chance of injury is far too high - see Todd Gurley. This is called smart business on the owners' parts. NFL players will be hitting $40m per year within the next couple years, so I'm not worried about that part.