Lead Negotiator Says NFL Proposed 10-year CBA ("complete falsehoods and complete lies" )

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

WASHINGTON (AP) - Had enough of the he-said, he-said rancor between the NFL and players? Don't expect it to go away anytime soon.

The outcome of the league's first work stoppage since 1987 could be decided in court; the first hearing on the players' request for an injunction to block the owners' lockout was scheduled for April 6. In the meantime, there probably will be more of the same as Monday, when Kevin Mawae - president of the NFL Players Association, the now-dissolved union - accused the league of spreading "complete falsehoods and complete lies."

New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, on the same conference call as Mawae, said the owners' final offer Friday "was all a front."

"I think it was all a show, with no real intent to get a deal done, other than just to say they made a proposal - that was no different than anything else that they proposed over the last couple years, couple months, couple weeks," said Brees, a named plaintiff in the players' antitrust lawsuit against the league.


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[Blacksheep214]

1. When Baseball went on strike

I vowed NEVER to attend another game or even watch.

How many years is it now?

Baseball is DEAD to me!

NFL! Take note!

[sofa king]

2. Is it just me, or have the owners been BSing the whole time?

I'm sure my understanding is imperfect, but when the owners start off by asserting that 61% of revenues go to the players, and then stall the talks on the premise that they don't have to prove that assertion with actual numbers, I think we can pretty much assume they're dealing in bad faith and probably deserve to sit out a year so that they can learn what 39% of zero looks like.

In the meantime, my new favorite team is... the New Zealand All-Blacks! Tana Umaga is the greatest running back never to play our game.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heoO_5MvZ0w

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-IsRhJpSpE