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When Training Camp nears and about a week before teams are scheduled to open it up,there will be an agreement in place between both sides and ending the lockout.
There seems to always be a desperation that sets in knowing that if you don't get it done in time you may lose fans and interest in the season.
Owners don't want that and players don't want it either.
I believe we will be led into constant negotiations right through the end of June where nothing will be settled through this period leaving fans on the brink of despair
.....But come about the 4th of July (given a week or so of this date) we will see more positivity come out of these talks and by the second week of July,expect a new CBA to be in place,a happy league again and an uninterrupted season.
There is no way there will not be an NFL game on Sept. 11th 2011...on the 10th anniversary of the tragedy it will not produce a sports tragedy,we will be playing the games with the American Flag raised high and mighty that day throughout all the country's NFL stadiums ....a lost season will never happen.
You heard it here first.....
There will be a full season..
I think the players win the injunction but the owners appeal, the players stick together until they start losing real money and then fold and the owners get their way. I don't see the players folding until August/September so free agency, "training camp," and one pre-season game will have to take place before season can start and that will get pushed into late September. It's possible they could eliminate the bye week and push back the season to squeeze in 16 but I'm guessing 12-15, with 14 being most likely.
Monday will tell us a lot. A real lot.
I think no training camp in July severely damages the season.....whether we end up playing 16 games or not.
This CBA MUST be agreed upon before the second week of July or the 2011 season will end up in shambles regardless of what happens later IMO...In fact I would characterize it as a season with an asterisk* after its over.
When you have a team that will rely on rookies in many areas like the Pats did last year,it will virtually destroy that teams chances this year if a CBA is under delay...fortunately for us,THIS team will NOT rely on rookies as much as last season.