JCD
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FoppaArGud said:FOR ONCE they have leverage! The owners are systemically and actively tight-knit, the players have the worst arrangement of any of the four majors and yes that includes the NHL despite the recent shafting the NHLPA got.
I dont think they can finagle guaranteed contracts or anything too crazy but they can certainly get the shift to total revenue and the percentage they want.
An uncapped season means serious trouble and a strike would be totally disastrous.
You are too young to remember this, but the last time the players thought they had the leverage, they went on strike mid-season. Owners brought in scabs in a matter of hours. The NFLPA came to their senses and the cap era was born. The strike was disasterous, but not for the owners.
From the sounds of things, a good number of NFLers are quite happy with the current situation and think Upshaw is fighting the wrong fight. Instead of fighting over % of revenue, he should be putting a cap on rookie salaries and going for more guarenteed money (something he didn't bother to fight for).