Owners Court Victory a Path to a Deal?

[cowboyjoe]

court victory a path to a deal?While hoping for Doty, Players face uncertain future Andrew Brandt
http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/Owners-court-victory-a-path-to-a-deal.html
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For NFL fans, the ruling from the Eighth Circuit to keep the lockout in place may actually bode well for football being back in business sometime this summer. Beyond the immediate emotion and disappointment that fans have about the NFL still being closed for business, the ruling on Monday night – followed by a similar result on appeal – may be the most direct path to a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) and a full season in 2011.

The ruling and the appeal
Two of the three appellate court judges from the Eighth Circuit agreed with the NFL that this battle between the Players and the Owners – at least in regard to the lockout – is beyond the jurisdiction of Judge Nelson's court.

The ruling endorsed the NFL’s broad interpretation of the Norris-LaGuardia Act -- originally meant to protect employees from injunctions --to protect the NFL (an employer) from an injunction (lifting the lockout) arising from the ongoing labor dispute.

 

[Doomsday101]

I think the players will wait until the next court hearing before they get serious about working out a deal. Way I see it, things will get done because players are not going to walk away from the money they are making. You just don't go out and get jobs like they have making the money they make. In the meantime bills start coming due. I have no doubt players will get back to work.

 

[big dog cowboy]

It's only a matter of time before the players cave in.

 

[YosemiteSam]

I think the players will wait until the next court hearing before they get serious about working out a deal. Way I see it, things will get done because players are not going to walk away from the money they are making. You just don't go out and get jobs like they have making the money they make. In the meantime bills start coming due. I have no doubt players will get back to work.

Yep, thats why they keep having really long breaks between sessions. There is no intention in actually resolving it right now. They want to see what the courts offer them first. ...which was always the plan.

 

[burmafrd]

The players now are hoping to get some of that money from the TV Deal. But the owners can appeal any ruling and delay them getting any money; and from what I understand if the players get some so does the NFL which then allows both sides to dig in and stare each other down. It seems very possible and according to what this lawyer says ( and he has a lot more cred then anyone on this site) The players do not have as much of an edge as some here think.


http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/michael_mccann/05/16/nfl.lockout/index.html

 

[trueblue1687]

Yep, thats why they keep having really long breaks between sessions. There is no intention in actually resolving it right now. They want to see what the courts offer them first. ...which was always the plan.

Their only recourse is having the Supreme Court hear it now. They have the discretion to pick and choose what they hear and when they hear it. With them only hearing about 70 cases a year, and the fact that an opinion comes 6-9 months after a hearing doesn't bode well for it reaching that far. SCOTUS will probably deny and the appeals decision will be it.

 

[Doomsday101]

The players now are hoping to get some of that money from the TV Deal. But the owners can appeal any ruling and delay them getting any money; and from what I understand if the players get some so does the NFL which then allows both sides to dig in and stare each other down. It seems very possible and according to what this lawyer says ( and he has a lot more cred then anyone on this site) The players do not have as much of an edge as some here think.


http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/michael_mccann/05/16/nfl.lockout/index.html

I think there is a good chance the money will be put in escrow until a negotiated settlement is reached by players and owners.

 

[YosemiteSam]

I think there is a good chance the money will be put in escrow until a negotiated settlement is reached by players and owners.

I think that is what should happen. The fact that the players think they deserver 20% of that money as damages is asinine.