NFLPA is warning players to start saving money now for a 2021 lockout

[Turk]

"In 2009, we were faced with a major sort of signal that the owners were going to try and lock players out,” Atallah said. “We were trying to get as many players prepared as possible."

The 2011 lockout ended after 132 days, and most have since declared the NFL the big winners in the negotiation. With another labor dispute on the horizon, the NFLPA is trying to proactively teach the values of money management so it has more leverage for a longer fight.

"We need players of every generation to really help the young guys understand what it takes to go through some 'labor strife,'" he said. “For the players who went through it in 2011, the union administration and player leadership did everything it could to prepare players across the league. I think it needs to happen again with the same sort of fervor."

If players heed that warning and fill their doomsday supplies, it could mean we’re in for a big fight in 2021 between the NFLPA and NFL. If players don’t, they’ll likely be on the losing end of the collective bargaining agreement once again.

NFLPA is warning players to start saving money now for a 2021 lockout

WOAT players union

 

[Double Burger With Cheese]

NFL Players Union ain't shyt. nikkas might be better without a union


We know how this movie goes, the majority of these dudes will not be financially prepared, even with advanced warning. You had nikkas like Vince Young taking out loans to hold them over during the last lockout. He wasn't the only one either. Just the first name that came to mind.

 

[Mantis Toboggan M.D.]

2006: NFL owners - "We have the best labor deal in sports"

2011: NFL owners - "the system is broken and we can't turn a profit. We need 18 games, a 10-20% revenue swing, and fewer guarantees in contracts." After the lockout - "we have a good system we can work with"

2021: NFL owners - "the system is broken and we can't turn a profit. We need 65-70% of the revenue."

 

[MikelArteta]

nfl players have the WOAT union and the WOAT salaries minus qbs of the big 4

 

[NatiboyB]

NFLPA better get it together because they are looking like the weakest Players association in all of sports.

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

NFLPA can only be as strong as the players within it. the players keep conceding and won't stand pat, so the union reps have no choice but to give in.

 

[NatiboyB]

NFLPA can only be as strong as the players within it. the players keep conceding and won't stand pat, so the union reps have no choice but to give in.

and they will most def give in fast not like they can take their skills overseas.

 

[onelastdeath]

and they will most def give in fast not like they can take their skills overseas.

Shouldn't be living check to check like that anyway. Check to check means you're not saving at all. Check to check means that after you retire you're broke.

No excuse for millionaires, or even high level Thousandnaires to not be able to hold out longer than they have been.

 

[gho3st]

who is the NFLPA bullshytting? we all know come 2021 they will cave in and give the owners whatever they want....

 

[TheGreatShowtime]

2006: NFL owners - "We have the best labor deal in sports"

2011: NFL owners - "the system is broken and we can't turn a profit. We need 18 games, a 10-20% revenue swing, and fewer guarantees in contracts." After the lockout - "we have a good system we can work with"

2021: NFL owners - "the system is broken and we can't turn a profit. We need 65-70% of the revenue."

On top of it, those greedy billionaires are forcing taxpayers to pay for their god damn stadiums :hitmanscust:

 

[NatiboyB]

Shouldn't be living check to check like that anyway. Check to check means you're not saving at all. Check to check means that after you retire you're broke.

No excuse for millionaires, or even high level Thousandnaires to not be able to hold out longer than they have been.

if that was the case the NFLPA would be better off...They need to discipline the players to set them up long term. Just imagine if Football contracts weren't written on toilet tissue...Teams generally have no intent on actually paying these players the entirety of their contracts.

 

[Rev]

With the amount of money the NFL is about to turn with these new rights deals that will be signed over the next 5 years...this is the best opportunity for the players to do it.

Hopefully they try to educate these guys as to why they should preserve funds, and what it could lead to down the road as well. It can't just be, "save your money now", and leaving it at that.

 

[MustafaSTL]

they'll fold before 2021 minicamp starts.

 

[GOATpernick]

Shouldn't be living check to check like that anyway. Check to check means you're not saving at all. Check to check means that after you retire you're broke.

No excuse for millionaires, or even high level Thousandnaires to not be able to hold out longer than they have been.

Aside from dudes who get fukked over by their money grubbing families its tough to have much sympathy...(fukk the owners all day tho obviously)

 

[onelastdeath]

if that was the case the NFLPA would be better off...They need to discipline the players to set them up long term. Just imagine if Football contracts weren't written on toilet tissue...Teams generally have no intent on actually paying these players the entirety of their contracts.

You're in a line of work where the average career lasts 4 years at best.

That's enough reason to save your money.