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Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-11 07:47 PM Original message |
AP Source: NFL Owners, Players to Meet Again (hope it will be to ratify a new collective contract) |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-11 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. Count me as one former NFL fan who hopes the lockout emilinates the season. |
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Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-11 08:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. That also screws all the little people |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-11 08:36 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. That's give and take. |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 07:26 AM Response to Reply #5 |
20. not even close to a "give and take" |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 01:08 AM Response to Reply #2 |
15. Perhaps they should put those people under the players umbrella |
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InkAddict (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-11 08:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. High-paid corporate shills and prima donas - Not sure I'll really |
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bluedigger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-11 08:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Yeah, who needs them? And their $7.8B annual industry! |
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Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-11 08:50 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. OOPS |
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bluedigger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-11 09:05 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Did I really Need a sarcasm tag, OS? |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-11 09:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. More than half the league is being paid the minimum |
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Dutchmaster (195 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-11 09:43 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Having worked with . . . |
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nyy1998 (984 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-11 10:12 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. +1 couldn't agree more nt |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-11 11:32 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Why don't you tell us what the "minimum" is? |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 12:58 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Really? |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 08:38 AM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Really. |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 09:51 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Even if your career only lasts for 3 1/2 years, earning an average of $14 million |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 07:44 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. you were talking about the minimum |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 10:59 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Which is the true pay. Sorry you don't like reality. |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 12:32 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. I love reality! |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 12:17 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. When you do something stupid and idiotic for "three and a half seasons", that's college. |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 12:57 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. I note that you're unable to do a Google search. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 02:00 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. I searched, and sites I found said that minimums change, and wouldn't give hard numbers. |
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Angleae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 02:52 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. 2010 league minimum was $325,000 for a rookie. |
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Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 05:36 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Class war on NFL players? |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 03:25 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. And your point would be? |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 05:32 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. If you are indeed making the minimum whatever it is you are not paying an agent. |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 09:46 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. All NFL players employ an agent |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 05:05 AM Response to Reply #18 |
28. Ask a musician. eom |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 09:48 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. I'm an author. If I want work, I have to pay an agent. n/t |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
23. Yawn. nt |
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tuckessee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
24. Damn! I was hoping for a year free of the militaristic, macho buffoonery that is the NFL. n/t |
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RussBLib (292 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 12:29 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. Keep hope alive |
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