Eric Winston: Don't care if NFL 'dies out in 20 years' because of work stoppage

[notorious]

A majority of fans were lining up to support the players, and this ****stick shits all over their good will.

[BigCatDaddy]

Originally Posted by notorious

A majority of fans were lining up to support the players, and this ****stick shits all over their good will.

They were? After watching them drag politics into the sport **** those guys.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by BigCatDaddy

They were? After watching them drag politics into the sport **** those guys.

"Them" = what, 10% of the guys that put on a uniform? If that?

C'mon, folks. Blasting away at the players when they have unquestionably the shittiest labor deal in all of professional sports isn't a great look.

[Rasputin]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

"Them" = what, 10% of the guys that put on a uniform? If that?

C'mon, folks. Blasting away at the players when they have unquestionably the shittiest labor deal in all of professional sports isn't a great look.

That's still probably 80%-90% better than labor deals across America for the working class. My guess.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by KC Tattoo

That's still probably 80%-90% better than labor deals across America for the working class. My guess.

For the amount of income generated? I kinda doubt it.

Moreover, most of those labor deals for the working class are in, at best, moderately skilled trades and NOT the top 0.1% of the particular class of people doing that job.

Looking at it apples to apples here, the NFL Players are getting a bad deal. That's not to say I'd put money in a hat for them but I'm damn sure not going to excoriate them for asking for more.

[notorious]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

"Them" = what, 10% of the guys that put on a uniform? If that?

C'mon, folks. Blasting away at the players when they have unquestionably the shittiest labor deal in all of professional sports isn't a great look.

I will almost always side with the players when it comes to a dispute.


We know they are spoiled, but damn, look at the owners. They are the master manipulators of the NFL, and when things go bad everyone else gets the blame but them.


**** em'.

[Ming the Merciless]

what an imbecile

[saphojunkie]

If the head of my union said that publicly they'd be gone by lunch.

[oldman]

Originally Posted by saphojunkie

If the head of my union said that publicly they'd be gone by lunch.

Yep. While I hear what the players are saying, a union leader doesn't come out and say he doesn't care if their employer isn't in business in 20 years. That's like telling the folks at Claycomo or Fairfax he doesn't care if Ford or GM is around. That doesn't instill a lot of confidence in those that would join the union next year or 5 years down the road. Maybe he's just been hit in the head too many times.

[FloridaMan88]

The fact that Eric Winston... a.k.a. a mental midget is NFLPA President shows how weak of a union it is and how they will never be able to sustain an organized work stoppage.

And yes I know that he (unfortunately) went to Miami.

[OnTheWarpath15]

Jesus, people. Quit comparing NFL players to Regular Joe jobs.

Your choice to be a ****ing coal miner.

Jealousy is a bitch.

[Rasputin]

Go figure the year Chiefs are set and primed to go to the Super Bowl and win it three things will/could ac-cure that will demolish that pipe dream


A) Players strike/lockout by the owners NFL dissolves

B) WWIII because Trump

C) Zombie Apocalypse

D) Because Chiufs

[WhiteWhale]

Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58

Jesus, people. Quit comparing NFL players to Regular Joe jobs.

Your choice to be a ****ing coal miner.

Jealousy is a bitch.

Winston is the one who brought up coal mining.

He's the one who invited the comparison.

Don't be a dumbass.

[dtrain]

Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58

Jesus, people. Quit comparing NFL players to Regular Joe jobs.

Your choice to be a ****ing coal miner.

Jealousy is a bitch.

[tk13]

Kind of harsh, but as we've talked about in other threads... and as DJ said in this one, these guys are getting killed on every labor deal while the owners rake in billions of dollars. I'm guessing there's going to be a lot more ugly talk leading up to the next negotiation. They just want to look tough. I wouldn't worry too much about it yet.

I'm surprised Winston even brought up the coal miner thing. That's not a great look. But it's the same thing when people say "these guys make millions for playing a game." They do, but these guys are the best at the world at what they do, and the game makes billions of dollars. It really doesn't matter what your job is. If you're the best at the world at it, you're going to use that leverage to get paid for it. There isn't a single person in this thread who wouldn't.

There's barely 15-20 decent QBs in the world, maybe less at some other positions. The players only leverage is that the quality of football would go downhill without them. Maybe people would still watch, but if that was the case we'd still be watching the XFL. Go ahead and find 10 more guys off the street who can throw a football like Patrick Mahomes.