Are you a players' guy or management guy

miami_fan · 02-05-2004, 08:51 PM

I figured I would throw this poll out there since we have another player/management situation over contract issues. I wondered which side you usually side with? Management or the player. Now I am talking about all contract negotiations (rookie deals or for a free agent) and renegotiations (player initiated or management initiated). I tend to side with the players more often than I do with the owners. I would say about 60 percent of the time.

WussGawd · 02-05-2004, 08:54 PM

As one person put it about the 1994 baseball strike, it's a battle of millionaires vs. billionaires. To be truthful, when it comes down to labor vs. management squabbles in professional sports, I empathize with the parking lot attendants, the peanut vendors, and the ushers. I could give a rat's a** about players and owners.

JonInMiddleGA · 02-05-2004, 08:58 PM

Contract holdouts not withstanding, I more often support the player's attempt to get all he can get on the open market.

-Mojo Jojo- · 02-05-2004, 09:03 PM

I'm in favor of whoever is in favor of salary caps and revenue sharing (which is to say, usually the management).

VPI97 · 02-05-2004, 09:06 PM

Fuck tha playa's

Draft Dodger · 02-05-2004, 09:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

Contract holdouts not withstanding, I more often support the player's attempt to get all he can get on the open market.

and, long name aside, I tend to side with JonInMiddleGA on player/management opinions

klayman · 02-05-2004, 09:09 PM

I side with the fans, who end up paying either way.

Franklinnoble · 02-05-2004, 09:16 PM

This poll is asinine.

No "neither" option... and no trout. Bah.

miami_fan · 02-05-2004, 09:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Franklinnoble

This poll is asinine.

No "neither" option... and no trout. Bah.

Because most fans usually choose one side or another.

Bubba Wheels · 02-05-2004, 09:20 PM

I usually side with management. If it wasn't for them, there would be no league and no games played, period. If the players were that smart or that motivated, they would all just start their own league, make it pure revenue-sharing, and then 'talent' would indeed make all the money. But that would be too much 'work', management being a full-time job and all. (Right Mr. Marino?)

Ben E Lou · 02-05-2004, 09:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

Contract holdouts not withstanding, I more often support the player's attempt to get all he can get on the open market.

Bingo.

SlapBone · 02-05-2004, 09:45 PM

I love how the managers always like to blame the ticket increases on player salaries... like they would never raise them otherwise.

Craptacular · 02-05-2004, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by klayman

I side with the fans, who end up paying either way.

I just wish more fans would stop paying for it.

ISiddiqui · 02-05-2004, 10:11 PM

Usually I'm a managment guy. It takes a really bad situation for me to root for a player.

Darkiller · 02-06-2004, 04:08 AM

When I have targeted a player and I've decided that, basically, i WANTED him on my team no matter what, than I'll try to secure him and could "force" me to be more player-oriented that owner's.

Peregrine · 02-06-2004, 04:23 AM

I usually side with management, but that said, management should know which side their bread is buttered on and not try to burn bridges with star players over a few dollars. *cough*Champ Bailey*cough*

Radii · 02-06-2004, 09:06 AM

I generally agree with JonInMiddleGA in that I will generally defend the player's attempts to get everything they can in terms of salary. It's not an unfaltering support though, occasionally you see something like the MLB Players Union fighting steroid testing tooth and nail, and common sense things like that, and I get more than just a little frustrated at the entire business.

Leonidas · 02-06-2004, 08:29 PM

I'm more of a fans guy. Players and owners are all assholes, but the true villains are the agents.

BishopMVP · 02-06-2004, 09:03 PM

In MLB/NBA I dislike both sides. In the NFL I side with management because the less a player signs for, the better the team will be. And I root for the jersey, not the player.

tucker342 · 02-06-2004, 10:48 PM

Except when they hold out, I usually side with the players... Radii summed it up pretty well

tucker342 · 02-06-2004, 10:49 PM

dola-

Quote:

Originally Posted by Leonidas

I'm more of a fans guy. Players and owners are all assholes, but the true villains are the agents.

I couldn't agree more... agents have ruined professional sports

View Poll Results: As in contract issues, which side do you usually side with?
Management	25	67.57%
Players	12	32.43%
Voters: 37. You may not vote on this poll

02-05-2004, 08:54 PM	#2
WussGawd College Benchwarmer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Avondale, AZ, USA, Planet Earth, Milky Way Galaxy	As one person put it about the 1994 baseball strike, it's a battle of millionaires vs. billionaires. To be truthful, when it comes down to labor vs. management squabbles in professional sports, I empathize with the parking lot attendants, the peanut vendors, and the ushers. I could give a rat's a about players and owners. __________________ "I guess I'll fade into Bolivian." -Mike Tyson, after being knocked out by Lennox Lewis. Proud Dumba Elect of the "Biggest Dumba of FOFC Award" Author of the 2004 Golden Scribe Gold Trophy for Best Basketball Dynasty, It Rhymes With Puke**.

02-05-2004, 09:06 PM	#5
VPI97 Hokie, Hokie, Hokie, Hi Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Kennesaw, GA	Fuck tha playa's __________________ CT & Jivin - "Surprisingly Entertaining"

02-05-2004, 10:11 PM	#14
ISiddiqui Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Decatur, GA	Usually I'm a managment guy. It takes a really bad situation for me to root for a player. __________________ "A prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages" -Tennessee Williams

02-06-2004, 04:08 AM	#15
Darkiller FOF2 Guy Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Paris, France	When I have targeted a player and I've decided that, basically, i WANTED him on my team no matter what, than I'll try to secure him and could "force" me to be more player-oriented that owner's. __________________ FOF2 lives on / Continue to support the best game ever ! - Owner of the San Francisco 49ers in FOF2 - Charter member of the IHOF and owner of the Paris Musketeers franchise (FOF2004) - Chairman of the IHOF Hall of Fame - Athletic Director of the Brigham Young Cougars in TCY FOF Legend: Hall of Fame QB Brock Sheriff #5, one of the most popular player in Front Office Football history.

02-05-2004, 08:58 PM	#3
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	Contract holdouts not withstanding, I more often support the player's attempt to get all he can get on the open market.

02-05-2004, 09:03 PM	#4
-Mojo Jojo- High School Varsity Join Date: Nov 2003	I'm in favor of whoever is in favor of salary caps and revenue sharing (which is to say, usually the management).

02-05-2004, 09:09 PM	#7
klayman College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Edmonton	I side with the fans, who end up paying either way.

02-05-2004, 09:16 PM	#8
Franklinnoble Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Placerville, CA	This poll is asinine. No "neither" option... and no trout. Bah.

02-05-2004, 09:20 PM	#10
Bubba Wheels College Starter Join Date: Jan 2004	I usually side with management. If it wasn't for them, there would be no league and no games played, period. If the players were that smart or that motivated, they would all just start their own league, make it pure revenue-sharing, and then 'talent' would indeed make all the money. But that would be too much 'work', management being a full-time job and all. (Right Mr. Marino?)

02-05-2004, 09:45 PM	#12
SlapBone High School JV Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Houston, Texas	I love how the managers always like to blame the ticket increases on player salaries... like they would never raise them otherwise.

02-06-2004, 04:23 AM	#16
Peregrine Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Cary, NC	I usually side with management, but that said, management should know which side their bread is buttered on and not try to burn bridges with star players over a few dollars. coughChamp Baileycough

02-06-2004, 09:06 AM	#17
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	I generally agree with JonInMiddleGA in that I will generally defend the player's attempts to get everything they can in terms of salary. It's not an unfaltering support though, occasionally you see something like the MLB Players Union fighting steroid testing tooth and nail, and common sense things like that, and I get more than just a little frustrated at the entire business.

02-06-2004, 08:29 PM	#18
Leonidas College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: East Anglia	I'm more of a fans guy. Players and owners are all assholes, but the true villains are the agents. __________________ Molon labe

02-06-2004, 09:03 PM	#19
BishopMVP Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Concord, MA/UMass	In MLB/NBA I dislike both sides. In the NFL I side with management because the less a player signs for, the better the team will be. And I root for the jersey, not the player.

02-06-2004, 10:48 PM	#20
tucker342 Pro Starter Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Iowa City, IA	Except when they hold out, I usually side with the players... Radii summed it up pretty well

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