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As fans we might as well start making alternative plans for the fall of 2010, 'cuz there likely won't be a full football season, if any at all.
Well if they opt for the model of 1987 with replacement players ( small chance I think), it should be pretty interesting, at least for the Patriots. Pioli could use his talents to round up talent and Belichick could teach/coach enough to beat the other replacement teams. Even if they are just replacement players, it is in their interest to win using the model of the 49ers (Walsh implemented an option using the skills of his QB IIRC) versus the Eagles where Buddy Ryan wanted nothing to do with the 'scabs' and barely tolerated them resulting in an 0-3 record.
I think that as long as the current union leadership is in place, they are headed for a work stoppage. As one poster noted, there has to be a rokie wage scale and that will benefit the veterans ( an overwhelming majority of the union) that weren't first rounders.