Demaurice Smith is a moron, they need a sharp labor leader..not this dope.

Owners offered a great deal. Players are stupid not to take it.

Terrible deal. Players bear all the risk and minimal reward. Nonetheless when you elect a clown to lead you this is what you get and you'll accept it.

Players get more money and a bigger total revenue percentage.

Owners offered a great deal. Players are stupid not to take it.

Players get more money and a bigger total revenue percentage.

Terrible deal. Players bear all the risk and minimal reward. Nonetheless when you elect a clown to lead you this is what you get and you'll accept it.

Because the players union has no leverage.

Player's fault. Players get fucked over with Smith in charge 10 years ago so their solution is to let him negotiate the next one? Can't fix stupid

Why are you signing a ten year deal? So fucking dumb. Then you let the owners out smart by raising the minimum salary so it is guaranteed to get approved since most of the NFL makes the minimum.

Any increase in pay the players see, the owners will see 10x that amount.

The mass of players all sit around the area of league minimum salary. Their vote is what matters and that group is not in any kind of position to hold out for a long period of time. They certainly won't be taken care of by the veterans on big contracts.

This is sad. I'm all for owners making money, but the NFL is incredibly lopsided. Add in the fact that the owners are really trying to fuck up the game with additional games.

Player salaries are about revenue sharing and they get a higher percentage of the revenue sharing with this proposal. The owners can't see 10x that amount unless they somehow can hide the revenue from it.

Every player would be paid significantly more with this. There is a reason the players who already have generational wealth are fighting it. Of course Aaron Rodgers doesn't want it. He's one of the richest athletes in sports history. He doesn't need that extra game. A player who may only get 3 total years in the league looks at it differently.

They do "hide" it. I remember reading certain revenues are excluded from sharing and go straight into the owners pocket.

..Add in the fact that the owners are really trying to fuck up the game with additional games.

They do "hide" it. I remember reading certain revenues are excluded from sharing and go straight into the owners pocket.

Certain revenues the players dont have a part in, like the concessions or parking. Unless Russell Okung is out there pouring beers he doesn't really have a claim to that side of the business.

The TV money is where its at anyways, and they get a big chunk of that. There's just under two thousand players on NFL rosters and practice squads, while there's only thirty-two owners. Its just split amongst two different sized groups.

I don't think the players would get a huge slice of gambling revenue.

Why wouldn’t it fall under football revenue? They don’t own the books, they’re taking a cut to allow them to run it in stadiums.