Ontopic Will the Superbowl be the last football we have in 2011????
- Thread starter Floptical
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Sue for what? It's not like they're making under minimum wage or the league is violating any DOL laws.
employee's sue their employers to try to break up the monopoly?
do the employees realize they'll make considerably less if/when multiple leagues emerge and the money is spread out everywhere?
heh. there's been other football leagues, good luck with that one in court. not to mention football is purely entertainment, it's not something necessarily required for us to survive... won't exactly cripple the country if NFL goes away for a few years.
if you can prove this entertainment is a monopoly (like there haven't been other leagues or college football or anything...) because without it, it'll cripple the economy, then consumers could sue for the ridiculously high prices of parking, concessions, etc.... the owners and players alike will get paid less.
i'm not sure i get the antitrust angle, what are they going for there?
do the employees realize they'll make considerably less if/when multiple leagues emerge and the money is spread out everywhere?
heh. there's been other football leagues, good luck with that one in court. not to mention football is purely entertainment, it's not something necessarily required for us to survive... won't exactly cripple the country if NFL goes away for a few years.
if you can prove this entertainment is a monopoly (like there haven't been other leagues or college football or anything...) because without it, it'll cripple the economy, then consumers could sue for the ridiculously high prices of parking, concessions, etc.... the owners and players alike will get paid less.
i'm not sure i get the antitrust angle, what are they going for there?
all they'd have to do is change the structure of the organization where there's 32 owners of the company, a CEO of each team.
It is all a bluff tatic. If they sue antitrust the owners will have to open their books to the public which they don't want to do.
i say the players too.
we pay all of their salaries and we're the ones getting completely fucked here.
we pay all of their salaries and we're the ones getting completely fucked here.
Give them 5 million upon signing to play professional and that's it. They don't need more money than that. If they go on a spending spree, it's their own damn fault for not investing part of that.
And yet those top guys make millions in sponsorship deals. No matter what, with 5 million dollars, if you can't invest that to handle the rest of your life (plus a real job after the NFL if you want one), then it's your own damn fault.
Syrup Beaver
pants log
Meh, it's the fans that are ultimately supporting the whole shebang.
Stop watching, stop going to games, stop buying merchandise and then see how long it lasts.
eileenbunny
Druish Princess
Yes, we should all stop doing things we enjoy lest they become influenced by greed and power. Good idea.