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Paul Kemp
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« on: July 06, 2011, 08:29:28 PM »
Man this is a tough one. Both are pretty similar situations I think.

I thought we might be getting close to a labor deal last week but it seems one step forward, two steps back.

I can't even tell on the debt agreement. Both the GOP and the Democrats seem to keep huffing and puffing and slamming their feet, although moreso the former.
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« Reply #1 on: July 06, 2011, 08:32:49 PM »
NFL Labor Deal, in fact, I'm reading on CBS Sports.com that we may have a framework for a new CBA by Friday, a new CBA by Sunday, and 2011 free-agency bonanza starting Monday or Tuesday.

The debt agreement hopefully will be before the August recess, and if not, I certainly hope Congress cancels their August recess, or at least postpones it until something is agreed to and signed off on by the President.
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« Reply #2 on: July 06, 2011, 08:32:55 PM »
The second, obviously.
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« Reply #3 on: July 06, 2011, 08:35:13 PM »
The NFL wants profits, and our Representatives just want to save face with their base.  I'd say the need for profits will easily trump the ability to compromise.
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« Reply #4 on: July 06, 2011, 08:36:44 PM »
Quote from: Happy Birthday, America!! on July 06, 2011, 08:32:49 PM
NFL Labor Deal, in fact, I'm reading on CBS Sports.com that we may have a framework for a new CBA by Friday, a new CBA by Sunday, and 2011 free-agency bonanza starting Monday or Tuesday.

The framework has been there for weeks. They just can't agree on the revenue sharing.
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« Reply #5 on: July 06, 2011, 08:49:12 PM »
NFL Labor Deal.  Training camp is supposed to start in two weeks.  It's a far more urgent and pressing issue than next month's armageddon.
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« Reply #6 on: July 06, 2011, 10:43:04 PM »
The proles need their televised violence to ensure that they're distracted from their grinding and ever-worsening poverty, especially once the economy collapses in August.
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« Reply #7 on: July 07, 2011, 09:35:18 AM »
Quote from: Lief on July 06, 2011, 10:43:04 PM
The proles need their televised violence to ensure that they're distracted from their grinding and ever-worsening poverty, especially once the economy collapses in August.
Why so soon?
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« Reply #8 on: July 07, 2011, 10:04:32 AM »
The important one.
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« Reply #9 on: July 07, 2011, 10:05:43 AM »
Nah, that's never the case here in the US. The unimportant stuff like NFL labor disputes actually gets resolved while we'll probably still be playing games with the debt ceiling a decade from now.
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« Reply #10 on: July 07, 2011, 11:50:52 AM »
Quote from: Hotblack Desiato on July 07, 2011, 10:05:43 AM
Nah, that's never the case here in the US. The unimportant stuff like NFL labor disputes actually gets resolved while we'll probably still be playing games with the debt ceiling a decade from now.
The NFL one is the important one.
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« Reply #11 on: July 07, 2011, 11:53:38 AM »
Quote from: True Federalist on July 07, 2011, 11:50:52 AM
Quote from: Hotblack Desiato on July 07, 2011, 10:05:43 AM
Nah, that's never the case here in the US. The unimportant stuff like NFL labor disputes actually gets resolved while we'll probably still be playing games with the debt ceiling a decade from now.
The NFL one is the important one.

Ernest got my point.
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« Reply #12 on: July 22, 2011, 06:44:51 PM »
Man what a tough day. Boehner walks out of talks and the NFL players refuse to vote on the owner approved CBA. Damn.
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« Reply #13 on: July 23, 2011, 01:04:04 PM »
Quote from: Dick Whitman on July 22, 2011, 06:44:51 PM
Man what a tough day. Boehner walks out of talks and the NFL players refuse to vote on the owner approved CBA. Damn.

You should take a peak at the thread Torie started....maybe Boner didn't walk.
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« Reply #14 on: July 23, 2011, 02:08:45 PM »
Quote from: Dick Whitman on July 22, 2011, 06:44:51 PM
Man what a tough day. Boehner walks out of talks and the NFL players refuse to vote on the owner approved CBA. Damn.

Yeah, how dare those players refuse to agree to something without taking time to look at it first!  How dare they check that what is on the paperwork the owners sent them conforms to what they thought they had agreed to!
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« Reply #15 on: July 24, 2011, 04:24:21 PM »
It's looking like 13 of us will be right (myself included, FWIW) and 12 of us will be wrong!!
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« Reply #16 on: July 24, 2011, 05:36:44 PM »
Quote from: True Federalist on July 23, 2011, 02:08:45 PM
Quote from: Dick Whitman on July 22, 2011, 06:44:51 PM
Man what a tough day. Boehner walks out of talks and the NFL players refuse to vote on the owner approved CBA. Damn.

Yeah, how dare those players refuse to agree to something without taking time to look at it first!  How dare they check that what is on the paperwork the owners sent them conforms to what they thought they had agreed to!

I didn't say they were wrong. It was just a bummer. Thanks for assuming though.
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