Chen Sheng tone: NFL atypical shut down

August 25th, 2011 › nfl 2011 category › nfl ›

NFL shut down of most causes, perhaps from the August 20, 2008 Speaking of, this day, guitar in – E Puxiao died. For the NFL players, they not only lost a former star guard, two-time Super Bowl winner, but more importantly, they lost a leader. E Puxiao players union since 1983 as chairman, died in office until his last day. These 25 years, he helped hundreds of retired NFL players fight to retirement, so the hard salary cap from the labor-management agreement on the plan to let the boss of the proceeds from each season to give more money to player feedback. Frankly, if you called him the greatest American professional sports history of the union president, not a bit too much.

E Puxiao died in a few days after, NFL owners voted on, according to the prevailing labor agreement, they choose in the 2010-2011 season with no salary cap, but such a “sacrifice”, the exchange labor agreement in 2011 season After the early termination. No one could see, these miser hope to enter a new labor agreement: They believe that the Pillar of Atlas E Puxiao died, just two and a half, the players union is difficult to find one and he can well as the Chairman of the chaos of the players union will not resist the powerful boss of the wrist, and bosses in the new collective bargaining agreement prevailed.

In fact, in early February after the Super Bowl ended, and their wishful thinking is very stable running: stop the process as all general, both sides experienced a “talk – could not agree – to talk about, throwing their ‘bottom line’ conditions – also could not agree on – the boss announces closing, told the players, ‘You did not hit the ball now, and also be profitable, and it better not look at the sideline during this period, hurt and so shut down if the current contract ends with the money fail to get ‘- the two sides deadlocked, “the series of events. March 11, when negotiations broke down again when the two sides, all NFL fans all thought, maybe the upcoming summer, they can only be at home watching the classic game reviews.

Here the conversation said something first, pull back, shut down in the NFL ended, ESPN experts pointed out: “do not give the NFL set an example to the NBA, NBA fans do not think the NFL would be to borrow a beautiful way to usher in the end because the NFL Throughout the lockout, the advantage always lies in the hands of players, but the NBA fight, the boss is a die-hard. ”

In fact, the U.S. shut down the history of professional sports has always been a rule: the boss is always the upper hand than the player, after all, once shut down, all the basic billionaire owner will not be much loss: their biggest expense – player salaries – can stop payment, other costs in order to operate the team, for them, is minimal. But by this point on players wages, suffer a few months and perhaps make it, and over time, the money supply is certainly tense. After all, earn enough big money league superstar, after all, just a few. The 2011 NFL shut down, just went through 132 days, the impact of the new season schedule is almost 0 (in addition to the annual Hall of Fame Memorial Tournament was canceled), the players play their own power is enormous. Players after the cessation of negotiations, a smart solution for your set: the players’ union license back, which means they do not have to rely on unions to solve the problem, then the individual power to make complaints to the district court, so that the force of law to promote the stalled negotiations.

More importantly, the players understand: NFL is the world’s most profitable professional sports league, although the “NFL owners really depend on how much the team, only to buy their own team came to understand”, but these are certainly rich earned. When the player had been in the vulnerable groups, they shut down the hard-line in this, only the sympathy of public opinion: First, they are not greedy, but to fight for the interests of others; the other bosses in the whole negotiation process , has been branded a “miser”, “black-box monkey business” label. When the Minnesota District Court after hearing a row, sentenced to restart negotiations NFL league, players have won. In the past, they only nod in the bosses, to get a chance to speak; And now they own to secure the possibility of equal dialogue.

Any one labor agreement for the fans, are the most painful: because the only “damn lawyer to read the law (labor-management agreement is essentially a legally binding contract),” so they did not know what to say, but also to bear without the ball to see the sad. So when the NFL main Xigudeer say the phrase “FOOTBALL’S BACK!”, No one will care about what the labor negotiations. Because they love the sport back, this is all looking forward to.

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