The NFL labor situation in a nutshell...
In the next few days, the owners will lock out the players. The players are already decertifying their union so they can sue under anti-trust law.
I just had an interesting idea...
If the owners lock out the players, could the NFL reconstitute itself as a player owned operation? Rather than go through the farce of replacement players or the discomfort of a lost season, why not simply create a brand new league, where the players own their own product? You would still have a general manager, maybe a board of directors who ran the franchises, but the revenue stream would not be diverted to pay off the owners.
Think about the savings on tickets. You could literally charge fans half of what they are paying now, if you took owners out of the equation. Player committees could engage in player safety concerns, such as the 18 game schedule. I realize there are potential conflicts of interest all over the place, but why would that be any different from what we have now? Why are the owners necessary?
You might have problems where the owners own their stadiums, but honestly, isn't this a way around the lockout?
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