Nflpa screws up again and reelects DeMaurice Smith
- Thread starter PortCityProphet
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2019 NFL players will be leasing equipment from owners and paying rent for their lockers.
There really is no reason to get rid of him if he does the day to day stuff well. CBA isn't up until the 2020s. They got plenty of time to make a change before then if they think they ready to really fight the owners
606onit
Superstar
La Liga/EPL on Sunday >>>> CTE Ball 
I dont care for the mentality of these SKULL CRASHERS anyways anymore.
I dont care for the mentality of these SKULL CRASHERS anyways anymore.
R.E.N. Spells Ren
Veteran
There really is no reason to get rid of him if he does the day to day stuff well. CBA isn't up until the 2020s. They got plenty of time to make a change before then if they think they ready to really fight the owners
If the NFLPA didn't take this action yesterday, there'd be a vote in March 2018 to decide on he next leader (which Smith still could have won). Terms are for 3 years, but since the CBA expires in 2021, in all likelihood Smith will be given an extension (changing leadership that close to the expiration of the CBA would be silly).
Keeping Smith without even hearing competing pitches from potential candidates was just stupid. He's done absolutely nothing to warrant that kind of faith.
Double
D Smith is just a puppet.
His blackness is used as a safety blanket to make players feel comfortable with him.
The owners and Goodell know exactly what they're doing, and in the grand scheme so does D Smith.
It's all rigged.
His blackness is used as a safety blanket to make players feel comfortable with him.
The owners and Goodell know exactly what they're doing, and in the grand scheme so does D Smith.
It's all rigged.
R.E.N. Spells Ren
Veteran
I still wanna know who makes up that 14 person committee.
Have any players reacted to his re-election?
Have any players reacted to his re-election?
PortCityProphet
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La Liga/EPL on Sunday >>>> CTE Ball
I dont care for the mentality of these SKULL CRASHERS anyways anymore.
so why come in here?
filial_piety
Banned
Max Kellerman made a similar point...he thinks they'd pretty much be in the same position regardless due to the circumstances and leverage by the owners....the problem is that the players really have no options because of the nature of the sport and the lack of opportunities to play elsewhere.
mastermind
Rest In Power Kobe
brick james
John piffington
It's simple negotiating, what would they even have to rig? What do you think MLK or Obama would be able to do in D Smith's position?
It's not a secret that most players come from poverty, suffer repeated head injuries, and have a line of players eager to take their spot for even less money than they currently get. Point to vague conspiracies when a player getting paid several million dollars a year can't go a few months without a paycheck.
The hype for this dude was crazy last go round. Just cause he was black and worked in Washington people thought he was going dominate the NFL owners for some reason,
I don't understand why the NFL union doesn't just play hard ball. They should have been telling players to save up since the last negotiation
The Union has no leverage.
D. Smith has to manage the wants and needs of over 1,700 men.