screwed up sports are these days...remember the days of sport for fun...it is upside down today !!!
screwed up sports are these days...remember the days of sport for fun...it is upside down today !!!
I don't think the NBA is on strike for another hour or so, technically.
Its always been a business, only now, the players make a lot more money and have more power. Remember the 1919 Chicago White Sox who threw the World Series that year? They were grossly underpaid by their owner and that is why they took payoffs from gamblers. That's not a justification, only an explanation about the 'good old days' of professional sports.Originally Posted by Soonerus
BOOMER ......... SOONER!
AGGIES ......... SUCK!
... and the home, of the, SOONERS!
THUNDER THE F&*K UP!
i'm not clear on the disputes, but NFL players don't seem to get as good of deals as baseball players for medical care, etc...
i'd be a little worked up on the extra 2 regular season games
If you're talking about professional sports, no I don't remember that.
Behold the pale horse. The man who sat on him was death, and Hell followed with him.
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KIDS play sports for fun. Adults do it for a living.
BOOMER ......... SOONER!
AGGIES ......... SUCK!
... and the home, of the, SOONERS!
THUNDER THE F&*K UP!
The good ol' days were when the players would strike because they thought they were underpaid. Now, the owners are locking out the players because their millions and billions aren't good enough
"Competition is the best motivator you have. That's Oklahoma."
-Jay Norvell
Bits are fun!!!
Close to a deal. NFLPA and NFL agree on New Rookie Wage Scale:
Washington PostNegotiators for the NFL and locked out players made progress Thursday toward working out the details of a pay system for rookies, according to several people familiar with the private talks.
Those people, who are not involved in the deliberations, said an accord on that issue is possible soon.
Agreement on the specifics of a rookie compensation system would be a
significant step toward completing a deal to end pro football’s four-month-old labor standoff. People in the sport have described the rookie pay system in recent days as the most divisive issue remaining in the negotiations.
Full teams of negotiators, which include owners and players along with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and NFL Players Association chief DeMaurice Smith, met for a seond consecutive day in New York Thursday. The owners’ group included eight of the 10 members of their bargaining committee.
It was not clear how late Thursday’s meeting would last. But people familiar with the talks, speaking on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the discussions, said that progress on the rookie pay system had been made as of Thursday afternoon.
The league has been seeking to curb the amount of guaranteed money given to players selected in the first round of the NFL draft. The players’ side has seemed willing to agree to a new rookie pay system but not a version as restrictive as the one the league originally sought.
The lengths of rookie contracts also has been an issue. The two sides most recently have focused on guidelines for the top eight to 10 players chosen in the draft. Talks stalled late last week over the rookie pay issue, and negotiators appeared to make little progress on the matter Wednesday.
The rookie pay system is closely related to the core economic issue of the dispute: how the owners and players will divide the sport’s burgeoning revenue, currently at $9.3 billion annually. It appears the players would receive just less than half the sport’s revenue under a salary cap system, according to the new collective bargaining agreement that is being hammered out.
People familiar with the negotiations have said other unresolved issues remain, among them retiree benefits, free agency rules and court oversight of the new agreement. But some in the sport have said those issues are likely to be resolved without causing the negotiations to fall apart.
An agreement in principle could be completed between Friday and Tuesday, barring further setbacks, several people have said. Representatives of both sides are scheduled to meet Tuesday in Minneapolis with their court-appointed mediator, Chief Magistrate Judge Arthur J. Boylan. The preseason is scheduled to begin Aug. 7.
The owners are scheduled to meet next Thursday in Atlanta and could take a ratification vote that day. A deal would have to be approved by at least 24 of the 32 owners.
Players, who have been locked out since March 12, would have to separately approve a new pact.
"Competition is the best motivator you have. That's Oklahoma."
-Jay Norvell
Is that when Blake pulled a 'Nate Robinson'?
BOOMER ......... SOONER!
AGGIES ......... SUCK!
... and the home, of the, SOONERS!
THUNDER THE F&*K UP!
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