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Re: Schefter and Mort: De Smith at owners "secret" meeting
Smith is supposed to reach a deal with the league, as long as the deal is one that the players can agree with. That's a huge part of his job. Such a deal can't happen if the sides don't engage in some level of dialogue.
I don't get your issue here.
The players ought to be irate that this sort of smoke-filled room wheeling and dealing is going on. The players should fire Demaurice Smith. He has no place at the table with the owners while the players get stiffed, locked-out and made to look like pawns in court. The players chose the lawsuit route and should stick to their guns
The owners should be made to bargain in good faith, open their books, and quit building mega-monuments to themselves like Cowboys Stadium and Patriot Place that make their investor bffs wealthy. The owners take on debt and then want the players to sacrifice pay or former players to sacrifice their health and retirement benefits so Jerry Jones can make his payment on the private elevator with the $100k painting in it that goes only to his luxury box. BS! The players shouldn't sacrifice because the owners put their families and stooges on the payrolls of the teams for no work and huge salaries.
The players fight for a CBO because it's their labor and short careers and broken bodies for the rest of their lives on the line. The owners are fatcats who are the culprits here. The players did not strike, the owners locked them out. Demaurice Smith is sleazier than his predecessor.
Smith is supposed to reach a deal with the league, as long as the deal is one that the players can agree with. That's a huge part of his job. Such a deal can't happen if the sides don't engage in some level of dialogue.
I don't get your issue here.