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Sorry for the Inconvenience

First of all, my apologies for obsessing on this just a little bit, but I’m really bugged by the NFLP.ORG site formally known as the NFLPA.ORG , saying this.

To me, this is not an inconvenience.

Sorry for the inconvenience applies to . . .

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This just about says it all

If you try to go to the nflpa.org site you get the dreaded 404 football not found message.

I thru in the pic just for good measure.

Talk about Fumbled Returns . . .

Thanks a lot guys.

Is it a lock?

I was working on a post about the possibilities regarding the NFL CBA negotiations and the possible outcomes.

But, as usual, somebody else wrote about it.  And, much better than I could ever possibly hope to.

Gabriel Feldman is a writer at the Huffington Post and he also happens to be a Law Professor in Sports Law at Tulane University.

If you read through his article, you will be able to put together a potential script for how this is all going to play out.

I especially liked that part about the NFL making a final and best offer and putting the blame on the players who have the “let us play” campaign.

Yes, there is a lot of money at stake here, but so are a lot of reputations and images as well.

My prediction:  We will not see any significant events until the 11th hour and hope that they make something happen for the 4th.  But if the two sides do not, then my fear is that they will hash something out later in the year to “save” the season, which of course – in my opinion, it will be too late.

But, like the sports fans we are, will watch anyway.

So, without further delay, here is Gabriel’s article . . .

NFL Lockout: The Legal Issues Behind the NFL-CBA Negotiations