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The owners want to take another billion off the top because they claim they are losing money. To prove it, just open their books. They won't do it. They want more money because they need to pay for their big new stadiums because they are not getting tax payer money anymore. Owners like Jerry Jones are out to destroy the game like the Steinbrenner's and Reinsdorf's ruined the game of baseball.
Smokey, I agree to a point. We all know all pro athletes are overpaid. I do not have a problem with a player getting a huge contract if the owner is stupid enough to pay it. My issue is when a player holds out or screems about his pay when he signed a contract. If you don't want someone to get more, sign a new deal each year. The owners are the ones who keep giving out stupid money. Look at the Yankmees and the Ho ox. They buy everyone. Jerry Jones and Dam Snyder want to do that to the NFL.
You wonder why there was no agreement, you can look at the attitude of owners like Jerry Jones. As I said before, owners like him are for themselves and want to destroy the game too. This is an article for ProFootballTalk.com.

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Jerry Jones’ gesture may have set the stage for decertification
Posted by Mike Florio on March 15, 2011, 7:04 PM EDT
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At the outset of a summary of last week’s collapse of negotiation sessions between the NFL and the players’ union, Jim Trotter of Sports Illustrated paints a picture of the kind of disrespect that likely helped the drive players toward the decertification-and-litigation option.

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, not a bit humbler after last month’s Super Bowl seating fiasco or the prior day’s finding that the owners had abused their duty to max out revenues by cutting a deal for lockout insurance, opened a face-to-face meeting with the players on March 2 with the following message to the players who attended the session.

“I don’t think we’ve got your attention,” Jones said, according to several players who spoke anonymously to Trotter. “You clearly don’t understand what we’re saying, and we’re not hearing what you’re saying. So I guess we’re going to have to show you to get your attention.”

Per Trotter, Jones then tapped his fists together. The players interpreted the gesture as a sign that a lockout was coming. (Maybe he was simply using Friends code for giving the finger.)

Jones then stood up and walked out. Panthers owner Jerry Richardson reportedly prepared to leave as well, but Patriots owner Robert Kraft put a hand on Richardson’s forearm, prompting Richardson to stay put.

If the report is accurate, it’s troubling. And it helps us understand why the deal couldn’t get done.

TexasnNewd

Posted: Mar 16, 2011

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 I would love to see fans on U Tube gathered around huge fires burning team merchandise and saying screw both the players and the owners...I bet both sides would settle things ASAP then...but alas the fans that make both the owners and the players wealthy will never do that...nope..they continue to buy tickets , pay the parking , by the merchandise and the food and drinks...stupid...

TexasnNewd

Posted: Mar 16, 2011

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 what a great point Smokey...that would be awesome to see the arena players there as well...the NFL would not be able to get to the table fast enough to settle the strike...

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Posted: Mar 19, 2011

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 I think this commissioner is a jack @$$. Let pull an Eqypt and riot in the NFL headquarters parking lot until he steps down. lol

The longer this goes on, the longer James Jones is a Packer and I'm really looking forward to some dumb owner taking him from us and giving him millions to drop passes for his team instead of ours. Can you say Jerry Jones? :p

To be serious though, I can see the points of both sides of the argument. I just don't understand why they are not meeting every day until this is settled. It doesn't seem like the players and owners are doing everything they can to get a deal done. It's depressing.

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Posted: Mar 23, 2011

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 Nothing is more pathetic than rich arguing over money..May a huge flock of bird fly over all owners and players during a bowel movement..
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