Per Schefter & PFT: NFL salary cap debacle continues---updates include NFLPA filing collusion lawsuits---links and discussion current--MET

[GoSkins0721]

this article will prob makes folks even madder

http://redskins.espn980.com/bloggers/chris-russell/item/822-do-the-redskins-have-any-$hot

There's a lot to this story I really don't understand. But I really don't get why one of the Skins beat writers doesn't setup an interview with Almighty Roger to ask him the hard questions that need to be answered. It seems the legal angle is closed. So what is it that ******* Roger can't discuss? Why won't the Washington press sick a rabid dog reporter on that *******?

The comments in the above article about BAllen doing the "exact same thing in Tampa" really shows the vendetta the Vagiants & Beagles conducted to impose the penalty.

Snyder has to be seething about this entire situation. JJones to a lesser extent, but Snyder has got to be absolutely crazy pissed off about this. It reeks of conspiracy and really deepens my hatred of the favored teams in the NFL.

[2cents]

There's a lot to this story I really don't understand. But I really don't get why one of the Skins beat writers doesn't setup an interview with Almighty Roger to ask him the hard questions that need to be answered. It seems the legal angle is closed. So what is it that ******* Roger can't discuss? Why won't the Washington press sick a rabid dog reporter on that *******?

The comments in the above article about BAllen doing the "exact same thing in Tampa" really shows the vendetta the Vagiants & Beagles conducted to impose the penalty.

Snyder has to be seething about this entire situation. JJones to a lesser extent, but Snyder has got to be absolutely crazy pissed off about this. It reeks of conspiracy and really deepens my hatred of the favored teams in the NFL.

All Snyder has to do is set foot in Federal Court and we win and the money comes back and Goddell is gone as Commish.

[brandymac27]

All Snyder has to do is set foot in Federal Court and we win and the money comes back and Goddell is gone as Commish.

So if it's that simple, why doesn't he do it?

[2cents]

So if it's that simple, why doesn't he do it?

Because (imho) he still has to deal with the folks in the league in the aftermath, and that's not easy. The NFL has clearly broken Federal Labor Law with their actions, but I think we are trying to do it in a way where we can still work with them afterwards.

[HOF44]

So if it's that simple, why doesn't he do it?

My guess is he is weighing the benefits of going that route and becoming a pariah versus maybe getting a lot of IOU's from different owners and maybe some favorable decisions in the future.

I say screw it, its obvious they hate him from these actions. Does he really think anything he does changes that..

[Dirt]

So if it's that simple, why doesn't he do it?

Unfortunately, as that article says, federal court would be a 'thermo-nuclear' approach, and could have devastating, long lasting effects for either side.

To that, with my tongue slightly in my cheek, I say GOOD. A free-agency-eve, unexplainable bull**** massive cap penalty, yea, let's call it pearl harbor. So **** you NFL, you started it. You approved the contracts, you ignored teams under the cap, and only the division rivals of mr Mara were punished. It was and continues to be GLARINGLY OBVIOUS BULL****.

The reason 2cents says that's 'all he has to do', it because so far, all decisions are being made BY the NFL, with the best interest of the NFL. The arbitrator? What a joke. That had no chance, the arbitrator might as well have been Mara, they weren't going to compromise the NFL by running with the idea of collusion.

Federal court however, would have no problem sticking it to the NFL. But the problem remains, it could screw things up for everyone, the whole system etc, this whole CBA that was fought so hard over. And in the event the Redskins (Cowboys, whoever) actually lose the lawsuit, they're screwed far worse than they were in the first place.

ugh it's such bull****

[brandymac27]

I say screw it, its obvious they hate him from these actions. Does he really think anything he does changes that..

Yep. Heck, if they hate him, he might as well go ahead and sue them and get it over with. They're gonna hate him regardless, so just do it and get it over with!

[DC9]

That source has to be DeMaurice Smith. He is on with them regularly and that sounds like some **** he would say.

[2cents]

Unfortunately, as that article says, federal court would be a 'thermo-nuclear' approach, and could have devastating, long lasting effects for either side.

To that, with my tongue slightly in my cheek, I say GOOD. A free-agency-eve, unexplainable bull**** massive cap penalty, yea, let's call it pearl harbor. So **** you NFL, you started it. You approved the contracts, you ignored teams under the cap, and only the division rivals of mr Mara were punished. It was and continues to be GLARINGLY OBVIOUS BULL****.

The reason 2cents says that's 'all he has to do', it because so far, all decisions are being made BY the NFL, with the best interest of the NFL. The arbitrator? What a joke. That had no chance, the arbitrator might as well have been Mara, they weren't going to compromise the NFL by running with the idea of collusion.

Federal court however, would have no problem sticking it to the NFL. But the problem remains, it could screw things up for everyone, the whole system etc, this whole CBA that was fought so hard over. And in the event the Redskins (Cowboys, whoever) actually lose the lawsuit, they're screwed far worse than they were in the first place.

ugh it's such bull****

Agreed. The problem with the nuclear option is that we have to stiil work with the folks at ground zero and live with the radiation fallout after we win. Not a pleasent thought. But I agree....they hate Danny anyway, so I'm pretty much at the "bite me" stage. Although as you said....this could rip up a lot in the league....but I think that's why the NFL did it in the first place, they figured we wouldn't want to upset the status quo too much. I still want to see thd league taken down a couple of notches.

[Painkiller]

I'm fine with a nuclear option at this point. **** the league. They started this ****. I want JUSTICE. Might be cutting off our head to spite our face, but I don't care about repercussions or what it might do to the league at this point. Maybe they need to be knocked down a peg or two anyway. Anytime you can openly admit to participating in what in any other business is a crime in front of the National Media like a mob boss and basically dare anyone to do anything about it, maybe they need to be knocked down a peg or two. Could it be the NFL has grown too powerful that they now think they are above the law and rules that everyone else has to obey? I mean, I'm not naive. I know all sorts of underhanded back door **** goes on everyday, but what blew me away and still does was the audacity in which Mara made his case.

[Rypien1191]

The NFL, Roger, and Mara deserve a good blowing up. Not just for this, but for all their other indiscretions during his regime.

[Painkiller]

"it has nothing to do with collusion"

What gives Mara the right to say something like that? Does he decide what and what isn't a crime now?

[2cents]

"it has nothing to do with collusion"

What gives Mara the right to say something like that? Does he decide what and what isn't a crime now?

I know right? Admit we didn't collude with them and then say it's not about collusion. WTF?????

[CrabR]

Why cant the Redskin season ticket holders sue the NFL for taking away the 36 million. Having a 36 million penalty can easily influence a person weather to buy or renew season tickets

[McSkin30]

I have been trying to read that article all morning and it is the only one on that terribly designed site that doesn't come up. Anybody know what could be causing that?