-----• ESPN reports people in Green Bay camped out overnight just to get into their favorite game-day bars when they opened.
What's the big deal? When the Browns finally make it -- and four out of five MIT mathematicians agree it is, in fact, a possibility -- people here will camp out in the elements for two weeks. In togas. (Bud Shaw, PD)
On the owners' perspective in the NFL labor negotiations -
“They don’t want to share half of their revenue with people they don’t believe have the necessary character to collectively act in a way that allows them to economically grow the game at a rapid pace. ...
“If the players want half the revenue, the owners want to believe the players have a sincere interest in being equal partners in the growth of the game.
"It’s no longer 1985. Owners are now paying players like they’re CEOs and executives at major corporations. CEOs don’t moonlight as reality TV stars. High-profile executives [don't] get canned for sexual harassment and multiple accusations of sexual assault. Good executives work year-round.” (Jason Whitlock, FoxSports.com)And then there's this...
