NFLPA decertifies. Lockout imminent.
Basically, the players want to keep going as is. The owners basically want the players to give them a billion dollars – that is not a typo, a BILLION – for no other reason than they want it. The league is not in trouble, teams are not in trouble, income and viewership and attendance are at their highest levels ever, but the owners want some more money. In short, this is a shakedown job.
If you side with the owners in this, you’re basically siding with the notion that management can do what they like with your salary and benefits, and you can lump it, because you should be grateful to have a job at all.