It's really beginning to sound like the NFLPA was the one who never had any intention of negotiating... The league has made substantial concessions on the financial data it is willing to make available to the union. They won't even look at it because they want to see each teams books so they can then spin their unwillingness to negotiate as a somehow noble cause...
This is the same union that will fight to the death to protect it's members who are paid millions and want lifelong health benefits from these same employers from employer blood testing for illegal drugs that put their careers if not their future health in jeopardy. Same Union that fought for Mike Vick's right to retain $20M in signing bonus money even though he was no longer able to play due to federal conviction and incarceration and his illegal behavior tore a franchise apart and damaged it's and the league's brand. And created a situation where a drafted player or FA can simply show up when he has to but make no effort to work on his conditioning or his craft and still pocket $30-40M that would have been better spent on proven players or players who are willing to work for and earn their money. The NFLPA is a real noble outfit. Now they want to prove to us that Ralph Wilson or Mike Brown or even Jerry Jones pays himself or his kids or his brother-in-law too much to be part of a privately owned organization... Welcome to America, NFLPA.
Fans will eventually realize that the side that pulled the trigger that killed their beloved golden goose wasn't being noble, just equally greedy and self absorbed. And because they believe decertification to be their ace in the hole, that will be the union.
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