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NFLPA lawyers wielding too much power?
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08:00 AM ET 07.05 | Quite a bit of legalese is wrapped around the idea, but some believe the NFLPA's lead attorneys are becoming a destructive force -- on purpose. [What] has become clear is Jeffrey Kessler and Jim Quinn are wielding far too much power, and they are using that power, in my opinion, to push their own agendas instead of the agendas of the players. ... Owners believe -- and I think they're correct -- the two men want to delay a settlement as long as possible so they can propel the Brady antitrust lawsuit to the brink. If this happened, an entire season would likely be lost and the sport plunged into chaos. Once that occurred, the players could push for an antitrust verdict in their favor that could reach billions. If this happened, the players would then own a part of the NFL.
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Bent pieces can hurt.
Robataille
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Lawyers mucking up the process. Unheard of!
Wawa-we-wa
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Breaking News! Lawyers suck! Stop the presses!
Hey, everyone involved can't be a choir boy.
Debbie Does
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This is what everybody with a sound mind was warning about at the outset of this fiasco. When the lawyers come in, the civility and levelmindedness leave - and it ends being about football.
Glenlivet18
Washington, DC
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Let's hang Goodell!
COUNT DOOKU
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"If this happened, the players would then own a part of the NFL."
And I'm sure some of them are salivating at that.
... of course, if this drags on too long, there might not even be an NFL anymore...
MKDAWUSS
Indianapolis , IN
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the lawyers don't care about the players or if they ever play football again , they jus want to make themselfs look like the kingpins in this whole mess and they only care about making them a bunch of money (fot the lawyers that is)
HILLBILLY
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then hang the Lawyers
Mangler.
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Not everyone involved has to act like a parasite either....
Stranger
Pearl City, HI
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And then the spammers.
Debbie Does
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this is real simple. it is far easier to replace players than owners in the league. everyone in this country has been hit hard by the economy. the lawyers will lose site of this and have a scorched earth policy to get their side a victory.......then none of us win.
Vaughn9
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I said it months ago, once the lawyers get involved no one wins, not the owners, not the players,all the money they are fighting over will go to Lawyer fees. It is definitely in the lawyers interest to draw this out as long as possible , create as much animosity between the sides, and file as many suits in as many courts as possible. Even after the CBA they will be reaping (raping) both sides tying up loose ends. The Judge in Minneapolis warned both sides they would not like the courts settlement. (that started these present negotiations)
Mangler.
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What do you call 100 sky diving lawyers? ****.
SouthernBlueFan
Auburn , AL
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You know, where you have a shotgun and you shoot at little clay disks that get shot from a big rubber band.
SouthernBlueFan
Auburn , AL
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Apparently not, but we can say "Failed".
Robataille
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Lawyers can eventually make anybody look good (or at least better). Pretty soon Goodell and the owners won't be as disgusting.
Slapshot
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Popular. If they don't have parachutes.
Slapshot
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"The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers."
--Shakespeare, Henry The Sixth, Part 2 Act 4, scene 2
3riverbabe
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Bill had it right...
Otis B. Driftwood
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