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Showing posts with label Lockout. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lockout. Show all posts
Friday, August 5, 2011
Possible Consequences Of The NBA Lockout
Last week we heard from Big Derf Sports' own Alex "Skillet" Scarlett about his ideas for solving the NBA lockout problem. Today we have a column here from guest writer Scott Zimms that does a great job of summing up how we got to this lockout, and the effects it might have if it continues.....
Monday, April 11, 2011
Monday 4/11/11 Daily Links
According to espn's Adam Schefter... The NFL and the NFLPA are to be sent to mediation this week. Awesome news. I always believed the lockout would end quickly, but with them getting sent back to mediation this week, there is a serious possibility that this might be hammered out before the draft even takes place. That would give draft picks a defined value with the expected rookie salary limits and possibly give an opportunity for some free agency to happen before the draft. Even though I'm an optimist, it's nice to put in the bag that football will be back on this year.
Rotographs Week 2 Two Start Fantasy Pitchers analysis and the update. And Tristan Cockcroft's week 2 forecast - I write all my fantasy analysis based on daily leagues because that's how I believe it should be played in the internet age, but I realize that some readers have weekly leagues. I'll link to good different analysis every week and likely to Tristan's amazing full forecast on most weeks.
MLBDepthCharts.com - Just linking to this site for it's general awesomeness. I use it all the time to recheck teams lineups for my fantasy advice. The info is available elsewhere obviously, but all the relevant lineup stuff is just a click away from the mlbdepthcharts main page and you'll use fangraphs or something usually if you want to check player stats.
My Thursday Fantasy Column - Yeah, linking to myself. Besides my daily pitcher pickup columns, i also write about fantasy in general here. The column format is still a work in progress, but do look for it every Thursday-ish here. And everything from this column is still good save my good word for Mike Aviles. He's been benched since.
Rotographs Week 2 Two Start Fantasy Pitchers analysis and the update. And Tristan Cockcroft's week 2 forecast - I write all my fantasy analysis based on daily leagues because that's how I believe it should be played in the internet age, but I realize that some readers have weekly leagues. I'll link to good different analysis every week and likely to Tristan's amazing full forecast on most weeks.
MLBDepthCharts.com - Just linking to this site for it's general awesomeness. I use it all the time to recheck teams lineups for my fantasy advice. The info is available elsewhere obviously, but all the relevant lineup stuff is just a click away from the mlbdepthcharts main page and you'll use fangraphs or something usually if you want to check player stats.
My Thursday Fantasy Column - Yeah, linking to myself. Besides my daily pitcher pickup columns, i also write about fantasy in general here. The column format is still a work in progress, but do look for it every Thursday-ish here. And everything from this column is still good save my good word for Mike Aviles. He's been benched since.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Lockout? No Chance - Why the NFL Will Have a New CBA By March 4th
There will be football next year. Neither side is willing to admit it, but both the NFL Owners and the NFAPA know that a deal is going to get done on time. There is too much money on the table for this to not work out and the owners know that the players can't afford to not come to the negotiating table. The players union knows that it is going to agree to the deal in the end, but the union also knows that it's better for them to wait until March 3rd to finally agree.
How can I say all of that with certainty? I've done the research and connected the dots that no one is talking about. Rather than harp over what the Union and Owners say every day, I've gone back and looked at the current expiring CBA to understand why the Owners opted out to begin with.
People believe the NFL and the Union are fighting over stuff they really aren't as concerned with. The eighteen game season is something the players aren't happy about, but it will add in the end add cash to their pockets. It's not the line in the sand people would have you believe it is. Also unimportant is the debate over the proposed rookie salary scale, as the players and owners alike agree that the rookie salaries are out of control.
So what is the arguing really about? Cash, obviously. The owners did a bad job negotiating the last agreement and haven't been making enough money. The players, I'm sure, know that the last CBA doesn't work but aren't going to just freely give the money back to the owners.
How can I say all of that with certainty? I've done the research and connected the dots that no one is talking about. Rather than harp over what the Union and Owners say every day, I've gone back and looked at the current expiring CBA to understand why the Owners opted out to begin with.
People believe the NFL and the Union are fighting over stuff they really aren't as concerned with. The eighteen game season is something the players aren't happy about, but it will add in the end add cash to their pockets. It's not the line in the sand people would have you believe it is. Also unimportant is the debate over the proposed rookie salary scale, as the players and owners alike agree that the rookie salaries are out of control.
So what is the arguing really about? Cash, obviously. The owners did a bad job negotiating the last agreement and haven't been making enough money. The players, I'm sure, know that the last CBA doesn't work but aren't going to just freely give the money back to the owners.
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