tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-250683060520895629.post4504518399872244278..comments2023-12-30T17:22:47.650-06:00Comments on Tales from Aisle 424 - A Cubs Blog: NFLPA Decides Owners Not Opening Their Financials is Worst Thing to Happen TodaySixRowBrewCohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15384682912021974745noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-250683060520895629.post-54782189864587020672011-03-14T10:42:48.946-05:002011-03-14T10:42:48.946-05:00The owners are far from innocent in this mess and ...The owners are far from innocent in this mess and pretty much entirely to blame that there is even a labor dispute to begin with. I don't mean to absolve them of complicity in coming to this point.<br /><br />However, the players sent a particularly cold message on Friday by demanding the books be opened or they are going to court. Like I said, it was coming to this juncture anyway, would it have mattered in the slightest if they had waited until today for that action? Some sense of humanity is all I was hoping for, and I apparently set the bar too high.Aisle 424http://424tales.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-250683060520895629.post-77750084392937016862011-03-13T08:22:39.740-05:002011-03-13T08:22:39.740-05:00Tim,
I agree it would have been smart public rela...Tim,<br /><br />I agree it would have been smart public relations and decency for the players to offer another extension and to speak some words of condolence and encouragement to the Japanese people. I didn't hear the owners make that move either though.<br /><br />As I understand it, what these negotiations are about is the billionaire owners, who make a profit before a ticket is even sold, want to take money away from the players. And maybe the players are fibbing, but their claim is they merely want to keep what they had negotiated previously. As seems to be typical in this country, the rich want to take away from the poor. Well, the poorer of the two entities in this case. Perhaps the NFL can import entire teams of players from China to take the place of the NFLPA.<br /><br />As far as these union members just playing a game, please don't forget that evidence is starting to pile up that these guys are pretty much killing themselves on the field. A number of studies have shown that they live shorter lives and now evidence is mounting regarding the brain damage they suffer. Even worse, many experts agree that the damage is serious and irreversible as early as high school.<br /><br />Here I sit as a father who allowed a son to play football for nearly 10 years and wrestled for six. Both these sports produce brain trauma. My son had one concussion during those years, but a person doesn't have to have a concussion to suffer damage. I don't feel good about those decisions now.FrankSnoreply@blogger.com