Packers on board with lockout
The Green Bay Packers are in a small markey, but thanks to the devotion of the fans, and it marketability nation wide they still make a good profit. However, Packer’s President Mike Murphy has dropped a major hint to when a lock out would happen.
Murphy, in an article by Rob Demovsky of the Green Bay Press Gazette, reinterated that the Packers do not like the idea of an uncapped 2010 season. Murphy would not mention the level of concern with labot issues, but that does not matter. What matters is that a lockout is coming sooner than expected.
Many people have stated that the Redskins would love the idea of an uncapped year, but after this year, and with this news it is likely that Redskins would go along with the idea. Even the Cowboys might go along with it, considering what owner Jerry Jones stated about the draft.
Jones this past week confirmed what all fans already thought, and that is drafting at the top of the draft, and missing cripples a franchise. Also, the Redskins have stopped throwing around money after owner Dan Snyder realized that the best way to build a team is through the draft, and retaining your own players.
A lockout before the 2010 season makes sense, since playing that year would be even too costly for teams like the Redskins. That is due to the rising demands of players, and if they played during a uncapped year contract demands for free agent would go up, and probably draft picks would increase demands as well.
Also, there would be no revenue sharing during the 2010 season. That would cripple teams like the Packers, since small market teams rely on revenue sharing to pay the checks of the players.
In the end the current CBA is garbage, and teams like the Packers cannot play with out some components of it. That means a season without football is coming soon.