Goodell's Coming to Lambeau, and the Packers Release Four Players
by Brandon on Jun 18, 2010 11:56 PM CDT
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PrintRoger Goodell will be at the Green Bay Packers shareholders meeting next month to show how much money the NFL is losing. Of course it means the NFL will want the players to take a pay cut, while the NFL is making so much money from their TV deal that they could turn a profit in 2011 even if there is no 2011 season. Maybe they want to pay the players 10% less so they'll only have to guarantee $37 million to Albert Haynesworth instead of the entire $41 million.
The Packers released four players to open some roster spots and start signing their draft picks. All four players were at the bottom of the depth chart and longshots to make the 53-man roster (or even the practice squad), so none of these releases were surprising.
- CB Trevor Ford. He was signed as an undrafted free agent before last season, made the practice squad, and was even signed onto 53-man active roster during the last couple weeks of the season. But he could never move ahead of players like CB Josh Bell, and they certainly gave him a fair chance to show them something over the last 12 months.
- S Khalil Jones. He was signed as a free agent near the end of 2009, originally as a wide receiver, but they tried to switch him over to defense. It probably didn't matter but he was interviewed by police after the incident in the Dells earlier this month. His main contributions would have come on special teams. The Packers have another former WR trying to make the switch to defense, CB Sam Shields, who's best shot is to make it as a special teams player, and apparently they like Shields more.
- LB Tim Knicky. He's a former college DE who's trying to stick in the NFL as an OLB. The Packers already have some similar guys like LB Cyril Obiozor, LB John Russell, and LB Frank Zombo, as well as LB Robert Francois and LB Alex Joseph. There's just not room for all of these guys.
- QB Noah Shepard. His release was unexpected since I thought they'd take four QBs to training camp. More practice work for QB Aaron Rodgers! From a talent standpoint, this is not surprising. I read a tweet from Greg Bedard that on one of Shepard's attempts last week in practice, he threw the ball at an offensive lineman's head on a screen pass, so he wasn't likely blowing the coaches away.
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Goodell is hoping our fiances turn out bad?
good luck with that, TT has the tightest fingers in the NFL and we have one of the best fanbases
something tells me even the mafia wouldn't call on greg walker if a hit was needed.
-MarketMaker
fiances = finances
I was like WTF?!?! Goodell is doing what?!
by Bush League All Star on Jun 21, 2010 1:56 PM CDT up reply actions
To make things even more juicy
Kevin Seifert is reporting from his ESPN NFC North Blog that the NFLPA will also have a rep at the shareholder’s meeting as well. Watch out, shareholders: you’re in for a treat.
"You just don't know understand how frustrating this is"- Kevin Borseth
This feels like a reading of a will,
and all of our greedy relatives have shown up for a piece of the pie.
All is vanity.
Maybe it wouldn't be losing so much if the NFL would stop raising the Salary Cap every year!
Every year the cap raises, which allows more and more lucrative contracts to come out. Is it the player contracts that’s causing the NFL to lose money???
"No player is greater than a team."
-Vince Lombardi
salary cap
The salary cap rises every year based on total revenue!!! THe cap is directly related to the total revenue of the NFL teams… Its is a % of the revenue!!! What the owners want is to include more liability expenses into the equation before calculating the salary cap…
The NFL doesn’t raise the cap unless the total revenue increases!!! And the cap increase proportionately w/ the cap!!!
Right, but....
more REVENUE + less EXPENSES = more PROFIT
all i’m saying is perhaps the NFL should consider that if it is hurting financially.
"No player is greater than a team."
-Vince Lombardi
Murphy
THe NFL is NOT hurting financially!!! And Murphy even said that they want to change the way the cap is calculated!
Murphy "Murphy was asked if the current formula, which calls for about 60% of gross revenues to go to the players, was the biggest reason people think there won’t be any football in 2011, because the owners want to revise that formula.
“The big thing we have asked in bargaining is recognition of costs that we have to generate the revenue,” Murphy said. “The biggest ones are expenses related to new stadiums, so debt service and other expenses that we incur in order to generate the revenue. The players are getting their cut off of the gross. We want it to be more of a net cut. And so you are really taking a realistic look at what kind of expenses do we have in order to generate those revenues.”
SO what the owners want is some recognition of stadium costs before determining the cap!!!
how about this...
Cut the salaries by 10% and then cut ticket prices by 10%…watch popularity soar THEN!!!!!!
I don’t understand Brandon’s opening paragraph. It sounds like a slam on the owners, but he mis-represents the meaning of the TV deal. The owners negotiated with the TV providers in such a way as to give themselves leverage. So what? They did that because… they can. Period. They’re taking advantage of the leverage they have available to them, namely that they can survive a lock-out and the players can’t.
I’ve got no love for the billionaires over the millionaires, but I am glad that the owners are fighting to avoid the predicament that MLB and – to a lesser extent – the NBA have gotten themselves into with runaway salaries and guaranteed contracts. I’m not against the players getting what they can, but they’ve got to take it. Right now, they can’t. They’re just not ready. …and I doubt they ever will be.
OK sure, and by that logic...
The players get what they get because… they can!
Sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
by uglyfatpimplynerd on Jun 19, 2010 10:04 PM CDT up reply actions
Billionaires and millionaires
I feel bad for most of the players. Not Haynesworth. I don’t like it that the owners are going to cry poverty when they’re worth millions (sometimes billions), are going to stick it to the players, and they’ve got lockout insurance from DirectTV $$$. And as a fan I hate it that the owners have that money so they could wipe out the 2011 season (ala the NHL) if they want to. In the end the rich get richer, that’s how the world works, but I don’t have to like it.
Interesting read
Just came across this article on Yahoo about the “math” that the NFL owners are asking the NFLPA to do… It includes a 18% cut in total player compensation AND an increase to the proposed 18 game season… Read it and you have to wonder what the NFL is thinking!!! To the point where they might risk a season to “break” the union!!!
IMO
The proposal of an 18 game schedule is just another thing to throw on the table, to ultimately get the players to play 18 games for the same cost as the 16 game season!!!
It's one of the stupider things they're doing
Now isn’t the time to introduce a 18 game season while you’re begging for expenses to go down.
"You just don't know understand how frustrating this is"- Kevin Borseth
strike
The players won’t strike!!! THey have the best pay they have ever had… Now the NFL owners are trying to reverse the trend… If there aren’t games in ‘11 it’ll be because the owner lock the players out!!! The games not being played won’t be due to the players, it’ll be the OWNERS!!!
Please explain why ticket prices keep increasing every year
"No player is greater than a team."
-Vince Lombardi
ticket prices
Simple matter of supply and demand!!! People keep paying the price for tickets no matter what, so the teams keep raising the prices until people stop renewing! LOL
I think the Packers increase every other year in general…
Agreed.
Where’s the Fans’ Union?
"Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser." - Vince Lombardi
by AdamA on Jun 21, 2010 9:16 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I hate unions, but I am in.
Its a shitty system though cause if the fans revolt and don’t go to the games to protest the prices, they games are blacked out. Its a lose lose situation!
i like unions, it’s kinda like a checks and balance system. without both it just wouldn’t work. as far as the fan union goes——i’m out, i’ll just pay whatever they want for the 3 hours of entertainment.
This country is better because of unions.
Better pay for better service. Regular Joe’s can make better money because of it.
Card Carrying Member of the I.U.E.C. Local # 21(semi – retired)
this has got to be my best first post on a blog ever. (note sarcasm)
" Answers --Become Resources."
Without Questions, There are limited Resources...
Not going to get into this on a sports blog, but I disagree. I’ll leave it at that! :-) I don’t mind that you like them though and if I was in one I am sure I would love it haha
Exactly. Don't knock it till you try it.
I agree, not the best place to argue about Unions at all.
Instead, I will argue the fact that I think Graham Harrell is better than Matt Flynn.
" Answers --Become Resources."
Without Questions, There are limited Resources...
By the way, its not that I don’t understand them. I understand exactly what their purpose is and I know people in them. Obviously if I were IN a union I would like it…who wouldn’t but from a business person perspective I don’t like them. That is as far as I’ll go with this topic on this board though! :-)
Patriots went 16-0 in the regular season
They need to go to an 18-0 regular season so that they can hype “this team could have the ONLY* perfect season in NFL history”
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