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  • DrJones
    All Star
    • Mar 2003
    • 9120

    #196
    Re: Potential Issues with the CBA

    Originally posted by TheMatrix31
    Fully guaranteed contracts are the worst.
    I can see people objecting to guaranteed contracts when it comes to the NBA or MLB (Vernon Wells, anyone?), but the NFL? Considering the danger involved, the short average career length, and NFL owners drowning in profit, I don't begrudge football players their money one bit.
    Originally posted by Thrash13
    Dr. Jones was right in stating that. We should have believed him.
    Originally posted by slickdtc
    DrJones brings the stinky cheese is what we've all learned from this debacle.
    Originally posted by Kipnis22
    yes your fantasy world when your proven wrong about 95% of your post

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    • TheMatrix31
      RF
      • Jul 2002
      • 52931

      #197
      Re: Potential Issues with the CBA

      I don't like them in any sport, but yes, if they had to be in any, football would probably be the best place to have them. They do have guaranteed money though, so eh.

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      • AC
        Win the East
        • Sep 2010
        • 14951

        #198
        Re: Potential Issues with the CBA

        Originally posted by bostonchipster
        @davidcanter: Huge news. There will be HOCKEY this year. NHL & NHLPA reach agreement on a new CBA

        Just read this on Twitter...seems somewhat reliable
        Uhh, about that;

        Originally posted by David Canter ‏@davidcanter
        I was duped. Sorry folks
        So close...
        "Twelve at-bats is a pretty decent sample size." - Eric Byrnes

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        • bostonchipster
          Rookie
          • Jan 2009
          • 472

          #199
          Re: Potential Issues with the CBA

          Ugh...just had hopes dashed.
          Go Knicks
          Go Bills
          Go NY Rangers
          Go Mets
          Go Michigan
          Go Arizona

          Find me on Twitter @buffalochipster
          and on Facebook.com/buffalo92

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          • BlueNGold
            Hall Of Fame
            • Aug 2009
            • 21817

            #200
            Re: Potential Issues with the CBA

            Originally posted by bradtxmale
            I like 6 inches. Its not too thin and not too thick. You get the support your body needs.



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            • ASB37
              MVP
              • Feb 2003
              • 2624

              #201
              Re: Potential Issues with the CBA

              Originally posted by ACMilan99
              Uhh, about that;



              So close...

              With the advent of twitter, this will be what life as a hockey fan is like for the next 2 months.
              Go Yankees
              Go Rangers
              Go Giants


              "You play to win the game."

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              • Kobalt
                All Star
                • May 2010
                • 9674

                #202
                Re: Potential Issues with the CBA

                Who's David Canter?

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                • Marino
                  Moderator
                  • Jan 2008
                  • 18113

                  #203
                  Originally posted by Kobalt
                  Who's David Canter?
                  He is an NFL agent who feel for the twitter trap. He is a good dude though.

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                  • AC
                    Win the East
                    • Sep 2010
                    • 14951

                    #204
                    Re: Potential Issues with the CBA

                    Sorry to be the bearer of bad news about that, haha.

                    Sadly, the chances of that being real was about as likely Habs fans NOT rioting after a playoff game. :wink:
                    "Twelve at-bats is a pretty decent sample size." - Eric Byrnes

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                    • Money99
                      Hall Of Fame
                      • Sep 2002
                      • 12696

                      #205
                      Re: Potential Issues with the CBA

                      We'll be lucky to get hockey by December 1st.
                      I have a feeling if the players are very solid, we're going to lose an entire season again.

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                      • Money99
                        Hall Of Fame
                        • Sep 2002
                        • 12696

                        #206
                        Re: Potential Issues with the CBA

                        From a player agent (source Puck Daddy):

                        "If the owners promised to pay the players the dollar value of the contracts they've signed them to and let the player's share of HRR shrink over time, the players would very likely sign up Wednesday afternoon. If the players were willing to let their share of HRR diminish to 50 per cent or so sooner rather than later, the owners might go for it, but the players are still trying to win battles they lost seven years ago."
                        This isn't the first time I've heard this.

                        To me, as a fan, it seems simple. Guarantee the contracts, reduce the cut to 50% over the next 5 years and get back on the ice.

                        And allow the PA to discuss where teams should be located or expanded to.

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                        • DrJones
                          All Star
                          • Mar 2003
                          • 9120

                          #207
                          Re: Potential Issues with the CBA

                          Okay, back to 1987 Canada Cup talk.

                          Soviet penalty. Time for Canada to send out the 1st unit PP.

                          Wayne Gretzky (2857 regular season points, 1st all-time)
                          Mario Lemieux (1723 points, 7th all-time)
                          Mark Messier (1857 points, 2nd all-time)
                          Ray Bourque (1579 points, 11th all-time, 1st among D)
                          Paul Coffey (1531 points, 13th all-time, 2nd among D)

                          Total regular season NHL points: 9531.

                          Not bad.
                          Originally posted by Thrash13
                          Dr. Jones was right in stating that. We should have believed him.
                          Originally posted by slickdtc
                          DrJones brings the stinky cheese is what we've all learned from this debacle.
                          Originally posted by Kipnis22
                          yes your fantasy world when your proven wrong about 95% of your post

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                          • DrJones
                            All Star
                            • Mar 2003
                            • 9120

                            #208
                            Re: Potential Issues with the CBA

                            Random CC asides:

                            - Coffey played much better than Bourque in both Games 1 & 2
                            - Did Messier play a single shift where he didn't punch/elbow/butt-end/high stick a Russian in the face?
                            - First period of Game 2 was perhaps the most 80s period ever
                            - Amazing how Krutov's skills diminished so sharply in 2 years; he was a (cream-filled) shell of himself on the Canucks in 89/90
                            Originally posted by Thrash13
                            Dr. Jones was right in stating that. We should have believed him.
                            Originally posted by slickdtc
                            DrJones brings the stinky cheese is what we've all learned from this debacle.
                            Originally posted by Kipnis22
                            yes your fantasy world when your proven wrong about 95% of your post

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                            • Kobalt
                              All Star
                              • May 2010
                              • 9674

                              #209
                              Re: Potential Issues with the CBA

                              I knew it was Derrick Rose's fault

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                              • SPTO
                                binging
                                • Feb 2003
                                • 68046

                                #210
                                Re: Potential Issues with the CBA

                                Shows how much ESPN cares about hockey SMH.

                                Anywho watching the coverage today I have a BAAAAD feeling about this. The players are more than willing to sit out another full season if they have to.

                                The scary thing about all this though is that both sides are so far apart they're not even speaking the same language and can't/won't negotiate off of any of the proposals that have been submitted.

                                This could get very ugly. I wonder what TSN and SNET will do to fill the time now. After all poker isn't on nearly as much as it used to be.
                                Member of the Official OS Bills Backers Club

                                "Baseball is the most important thing that doesn't matter at all" - Robert B. Parker

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