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Arena Lockouts: Will They Happen?

Discussion in 'Community' started by RX_Sith, Nov 27, 2010.

  1. ApolloSmileGirl

    ApolloSmileGirl Jedi Knight star 8

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    Yeah, just look at L.A. They've survived without a football team for like 20 years. :D
     
  2. KenKenobi

    KenKenobi Chosen One star 6

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    Wow. 5/5 mics. It's only March, but this could be post of the year.
     
  3. -JediJordan-

    -JediJordan- Jedi Youngling star 1

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    Let's cool it with the hyperbole. Labor dispute or not, there wasn't going to be any NFL games played this Sunday. Or next Sunday. Or the Sunday after that etc.
     
  4. Jedi Gunny

    Jedi Gunny Chosen One star 9

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    But it just goes to show that two sides of overly-rich people can't get along, and that the fans suffer from it. If not for missing games, then for rooting for players who don't really care about the people who actually make the sports go. Apparently, the NFL hasn't learned its lesson from baseball's strike of 1994.
     
  5. DarthIntegral

    DarthIntegral JCC Baseball Draft/SWC Draft Commish star 9 VIP - Former Mod/RSA VIP - Game Host

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    Hey, I just hope one day my boss and I have a discussion on how to split the second billion dollars of revenue.
     
  6. Jedi Gunny

    Jedi Gunny Chosen One star 9

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    Can the rest of us here at the Arena get a billion dollars to split? :p
     
  7. Darth McClain

    Darth McClain Manager Emeritus star 6 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    I'd fully support that. :p
     
  8. Jedi Gunny

    Jedi Gunny Chosen One star 9

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    I mean, if we have enough fan support to actually have semi-active threads over the course of the year, we have equal rights to some of the revenue. :p

    Either that, or the money we pay to see games goes into player/owner legal fees. o_O I'd rather have the revenue.
     
  9. Rogue...Jedi

    Rogue...Jedi Administrator Emeritus star 7 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    We should go propose a compromise, that neither owners nor players get that billion, and that it comes to us instead.

    Seriously, it would give them some common ground when they jointly laugh and throw us out of the building :p
     
  10. Jedi Gunny

    Jedi Gunny Chosen One star 9

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    Or we could all receive identical form letters from the NFL telling us to go away. :p
     
  11. Rogue...Jedi

    Rogue...Jedi Administrator Emeritus star 7 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    They wouldn't send form letters if we actually went in person. Though we'd have to make sure it wasn't high up in a building. None of us want to get tossed out of an upper story window.
     
  12. Jedi Gunny

    Jedi Gunny Chosen One star 9

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    Or we set up a very large stunt cushion at street level to break our fall. :p
     
  13. Rogue...Jedi

    Rogue...Jedi Administrator Emeritus star 7 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    I'll pass on it, even with the cushion :p
     
  14. Jedi Gunny

    Jedi Gunny Chosen One star 9

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    Yeah, I guess it wouldn't work. :( But it was fun while it lasted. :p
     
  15. DarthIntegral

    DarthIntegral JCC Baseball Draft/SWC Draft Commish star 9 VIP - Former Mod/RSA VIP - Game Host

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    I actually heard someone the other day suggest that the fans should strike in the fall and demand lower beer and hot dog prices.
     
  16. Rogue...Jedi

    Rogue...Jedi Administrator Emeritus star 7 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    [face_laugh] I like the idea, but it would never happen :p
     
  17. Jedi Gunny

    Jedi Gunny Chosen One star 9

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    While they're at it, strike for lower concession prices overall.
     
  18. RX_Sith

    RX_Sith Jedi Grand Master star 6

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  19. RX_Sith

    RX_Sith Jedi Grand Master star 6

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  20. Darth Dark Helmet

    Darth Dark Helmet Manager Emeritus star 6 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    Just from what the article says, it sounds like a good deal for both sides.
     
  21. DarthMak

    DarthMak Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    This NBA lockout just might be the nail in their coffin and frankly, I don't give a crap. I've watched middle school basketball tournaments that are more exciting.
     
  22. RX_Sith

    RX_Sith Jedi Grand Master star 6

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    NBA to lock out players.

    So much for any kind of momemtum that the league was building with the Heat and Mavericks championship series. I don't see the NBA rebounding (pun intended) from this if a whole season is wiped out. The sides are very far apart and numerous teams are losing money.

    The NBA projected $300 million in losses this season and said it lost hundreds of millions in every season of this CBA, ratified in 2005. League officials said 22 of the 30 teams would lose money.
     
  23. DarthMak

    DarthMak Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    NBA.com is locked out right now. [face_laugh] store.nba.com is alive and well though. What a shocker.
     
  24. darth_gersh

    darth_gersh Force Ghost star 7

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    The Players are dumb, the owners are dumb. The NBA is dumb.
     
  25. rhonderoo

    rhonderoo Former Head Admin star 9 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    They lockin' everybody outta here...