Goodell given authority

[burmafrd]

Multiple sources claim that Goodell, who up till now was mostly a front man, has been given more authority, some say a lot, to try and get a deal done.
That is interesting since the last time the owners did that was in 2006 and they did not like the result. But it does seem to mean that the majority want a deal done.

Problem is that any deal has to be ratified by 24 owners to make it work. That is the real hard part.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/peter_king/03/11/labor/index.html?eref=sircrc

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...dell-has-freedom-to-move-drastically/related/

 

[DallasEast]

Multiple sources claim that Goodell, who up till now was mostly a front man, has been given more authority, some say a lot, to try and get a deal done.
That is interesting since the last time the owners did that was in 2006 and they did not like the result. But it does seem to mean that the majority want a deal done.

Problem is that any deal has to be ratified by 24 owners to make it work. That is the real hard part.

Is this info from an article?

 

[burmafrd]

From Peter King and also MSNBC Sports web page.

 

[LucaBrasi]

King is on Sirius with Chris Russo right now and he said that it is much more likely the union will decertify in 2 hours than agree to any type of bargaining extension.

 

[The Quest for Six]

The NFLPA had no intension of ever agree to a deal, this was their plan all along, to decertify IMO

 

[burmafrd]

That would be a bad move by the union; if the owners have made some concessions then the Unions contention that they were not bargaining in good faith would look very weak in front of a jury; and the NFL would demand a jury instead of letting the NFLPA's friend rule from the bench.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

That would be a bad move by the union; if the owners have made some concessions then the Unions contention that they were not bargaining in good faith would look very weak in front of a jury; and the NFL would demand a jury instead of letting the NFLPA's friend rule from the bench.

Depending on the language associated, a jury may not be an option. If this is treated like arbitration, it would be a panel or a judge.

 

[burmafrd]

I don't think so; this will be a full blown court case; nothing like arbitration.

 

[burmafrd]

And if the NFL is told no jury, then they will demand a change of venue due to Judge Doty's previous record of bias towards the Union (that will be what the NFL says anyway)

 

[Doomsday101]

I would think that the judge would hear from the federal mediator George Cohen should talks break down as to the nature of these negations

 

[YosemiteSam]

The NFLPA had no intension of ever agree to a deal, this was their plan all along, to decertify IMO

If the NFL agreed to split the difference and the NFLPA does in fact reject it and decertify, DeMaurice Smith is an absolute idiot and he just screwed the NFLPA big time.

 

[burmafrd]

If the NFL agreed to split the difference and the NFLPA does in fact reject it and decertify, DeMaurice Smith is an absolute idiot and he just screwed the NFLPA big time.

Unless he thinks the Judge will rule for them no matter what; but in that case the NFL would have a very good case to win on appeal.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

Peter King tweet one minute ago:

RT @MikeSilver: A good source just told me that management's offer "split the difference." The union hasn't countered

 

[YosemiteSam]

Peter King tweet one minute ago:

1 minute ago? I think someone already quoted that an hour ago. :laugh2:

 

[burmafrd]

Yeah.


If Smith goes for decert NOW then it just makes me sure that what I thought about him originally was true: he is using this to make his rep; too stupid to realize that this way will NOT make him look good.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

1 minute ago? I think someone already quoted that an hour ago. :laugh2:

Probably. Just checked again and it still said "20 seconds ago". :laugh2: