NFL Files Claim with National Labor Relations Board
by Jason Garrison on Feb 14, 2011 5:01 PM EST
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According to the Washington Post, the NFL filed a claim with the National Labor Relations Board against the NFLPA saying the players' union is failing to "bargain in good faith."
Yes. The government is officially involved.
The league is seeking an order for the union to bargain in good faith. The league maintains in its charge with the NLRB than the union has not engaged in serious bargaining thus far because the players plan to decertify the union and file antitrust litigation against the franchise owners.
In case you're wondering what the NLRB is, it's a group of five members, appointed by the President (with Senate approval) that "protects the rights of private sector employees to join together, with our without a union, to improve their wages and working conditions."
In response to the NFL's filing with the NLRB, the NFLPA released this statement:
"The players didn't walk out and the players can't lock out. Players want a fair, new and long-term deal. We have offered proposals and solutions on every issue the owners have raised. This claim has absolutely no merit."
Congratulations to the NFL. They have taken their squabble between millionaires and billionaires and put it in the laps of the United States government, who obviously has nothing better to do. I mean, it's not like there's a war or a terrible economy to worry about.
After the government listens to which baseball players are or aren't taking steroids, they can now focus on trying to get a bunch of rich football players and even richer owners to sit down and talk like big boys.
Ridiculous.
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Sweet Mary mother of GOD!
I am now convinced that the world is actually going to end in 2012. The amount of stupid ass things people do nowadays only clarifies that eventually GOD is going to snap (ALA Noah’s Ark) and start all over again! What a sad sad country the USA has become! Enough is enough I’m ready to start all over myself and get away from all this stupid azz BS!
For some reason
this doesn’t surprise me at all. Their greed will backfire down the road. You can’t allow emotions to take over sound business decisions.
"I gotta show em' how to eat right man, that's all...I got all five food groups. Pancakes, sausage-egg McMuffin, cinnamon roll, large orange juice... I just be juiced all day."
Here is an idea
Sometimes bigger isn’t always better. With todays technology, more and more people want to stay at home to watch football games. Smaller market teams like Cincy should build smaller stadiums with deals with local college teams to share the stadiums. This will keep business costs down and stadium revenue up. But then again, what do I know…I am a retarded football fan. Why do that when you can have counties pay for your stadium and hold them hostage by threatening to move the team?
"I gotta show em' how to eat right man, that's all...I got all five food groups. Pancakes, sausage-egg McMuffin, cinnamon roll, large orange juice... I just be juiced all day."
it isnt that big a deal
Employers and unions file nlrb charges against each other all the time. This is particularly true during contentious negotiations or when strikes or lockouts are looming.
It seems without merit. The players association showed up to bargaining with an opening proposal. That’s what you are supposed to do. The owners walking out was a public relations blunder. This charge sounds like an attempt to shift blame.
by goffchile on Feb 14, 2011 6:07 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown Asks NFL to Reconsider Blackout Policy
do you know what goodell told him??? basicly F%k you. and now goodell wants something from the government after screwing the people that pay to build there stadiums out of seeing the home games….also known as voters…
It's not looking very good for 2011
Guess I’ll be watching the UFL in August.
Bengals Next Step (BNS)
Is it really that smart to get the
government involved in a squabble between a company that monopolizes the market? We all know they have a problem with this. I mean there are a lot of issues that the government can open up now. And do something about this monopolization. This just might backfire on them. What idiots!!
thats a sore point for the nfl
The nfl went to court for anti- trust exemption and lost.(American needle, 2010) Now they are screwed-its called collusion and its illegal
by goffchile on Feb 14, 2011 7:40 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I know and
I just thought that they would just stay as far away from the courts and government as possible. Stay low and under the radar. Now since this has been done I don’t know if they were trying to beat the NFLPA to the punch, and file first? If the NFLPA files this first then that opens the door even more for the government to do something? Maybe that’s their rationalization for filing first.
It's looking good for Lingerie Football
http://www.lflus.com/ turn your volume down worst music intro in the history of the web.
The worst running team in the NFL wants to run more ? meh
FML
now what?!! Sick of the people that make billions on fans and then eff the fans. All we want is football. Look at what we are all doing right now- studying the NFL!
"War Memorial Stadium looks as if whatever war it was a memorial to had been fought within its confines."-Brock Yates
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