08-21-2017, 08:40 AM
(08-20-2017, 07:42 PM)muskiesfan Wrote: That's the stuff that kills me. There's no reason to strike. The league is making so much money. So are the owners, so are the players. I do not understand why everyone wants to derail the gravy train.
Exactly right. The money these players make is just stupid. It's become all about "well so and so got that, so I have to get this". Not to say the owners aren't making money as well, but they are running a business, the players are playing a game. If I was an owner, and the players went on strike, I'd get together with the other owners in an agreement to fire them all. Start over the next year with a new draft. It's not like kids coming out of college are going to balk at signing multi million dollar contracts that are not ridiculous. It would take maybe 3 or 4 years and the league would be right back where it was a far as talent, and the ridiculous demands would be gone. And I would be way tougher than Gooddell when it comes to player misconduct. If you make millions of dollars representing a team and a league, and you can't control your behavior for a few years while doing it, then you would be gone. Players Association or not.
