azazel wrote:
Odell Thurman è stato definitivamente tagliato dai Bengals, causa una sua assenza da un minicamp, che però non sembra fosse obbligatorio e che soprattutto il nostro avrebbe mancato causa lutto in famiglia (morte dalla nonna). Il controverso LB dei Bengals era stato da poco sdoganato dalla cura Goddell, dopo un paio d' anni di squalifica.
Per me è ridicolo.
Si chiamano voluntary workouts e robe varie però se uno non si presenta viene visto male oppure tagliato.
Alla faccia del voluntary
<<Lolo, tu ci lasci ma i tuoi teatrini vivranno in eterno nella memoria di chi resta! >> Davidyd
The NFL issued the following release this morning:
The current Collective Bargaining Agreement, initially negotiated in 1993, has been extended on several occasions, most recently in March 2006. The 2006 extension, which could have continued through the 2012 season, gave both the NFL and the NFLPA an option to shorten the deal by one or two years.
NFL clubs today voted unanimously to exercise that option and to continue negotiating a new agreement for the 2011 season and beyond that will work better for both the clubs and the players.
What does this mean to fans and games on the field?
Even without another agreement, NFL football will be played without threat of interruption for at least the next three seasons. The 2008 and 2009 seasons will be played with a salary cap. If there is no new agreement before the 2010 season, that season will be played without a salary cap under rules that also limit the free agency rights of the players. If not extended, the agreement would expire at the end of the 2010 league year.
We are resolved to do our best to achieve a fair agreement that will allow labor peace to continue through and beyond the 2011 season.
What are the issues?
A collective bargaining agreement has to work for both sides. If the agreement provides inadequate incentives to invest in the future, it will not work for management or labor. And, in the context of a professional sports league, if the agreement does not afford all clubs an opportunity to be competitive, the league can lose its appeal.
The NFL earns very substantial revenues. But the clubs are obligated by the CBA to spend substantially more than half their revenues – almost $4.5 billion this year alone -- on player costs. In addition, as we have explained to the union, the clubs must spend significant and growing amounts on stadium construction, operations and improvements to respond to the interests and demands of our fans. The current labor agreement does not adequately recognize the costs of generating the revenues of which the players receive the largest share; nor does the agreement recognize that those costs have increased substantially -- and at an ever increasing rate -- in recent years during a difficult economic climate in our country. As a result, under the terms of the current agreement, the clubs’ incentive to invest in the game is threatened.
There are substantial other elements of the deal that simply are not working. For example, as interpreted by the courts, the current CBA effectively prohibits the clubs from recouping bonuses paid to players who subsequently breach their player contacts or refuse to perform. That is simply irrational and unfair to both fans and players who honor their contracts. Also irrational is that in the current system some rookies are able to secure contracts that pay them more than top proven veterans.
Our objective is to fix these problems in a new CBA, one that will provide adequate incentives to grow the game, ensure the unparalleled competitive balance that has sustained our fans’ interest, and afford the players fair and increasing compensation and benefits.
"Vivi come se dovessi morire domani. Impara come se dovessi vivere per sempre." (Gandhi)
Matt Ryan apparently will be paid very well to become the new face of the Atlanta Falcons.
Ryan and the Falcons officially agreed to terms Tuesday on a six-year contract.
Financial terms were not disclosed, but ESPN.com reported that Ryan received a $72 million deal, including $34.5 million in guaranteed money.
Following an outstanding career at Boston College, Ryan was selected third overall by the Falcons in last month’s NFL draft.
The 6-5 Ryan will be counted on to replace the disgraced Michael Vick with the Falcons, who are reeling from a nightmarish season in which they finished 4-12.
Ryan threw for 4,507 yards with 31 touchdowns last season in leading the Eagles to an 11-3 record, but he also had 19 interceptions. The reigning Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year, he passed for 9,313 yards and 56 TDs in his collegiate career.
Selecting Ryan instead of defensive tackle Glenn Dorsey - widely considered the top overall talent in the draft - was a clear public-relations move by the Falcons.
Ironically, the Falcons were in the dilemma only because Vick, their former franchise quarterback, was suspended indefinitely by the NFL and currently is serving a 23-month jail term for his role on federal dogfighting charges - an incident that triggered a downward spiral for Atlanta in 2007.
First-year head coach Bobby Petrino bolted the team after just 13 games to return to the college ranks last December.
A week later, Falcons owner Arthur Blank later was spurned by Bill Parcells, who agreed to take over as the team’s director of operations - only to change his mind less than 24 hours later and join the Dolphins in a similar capacity.
SETTANTADUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ma qui siamo veramente impazziti
Ci sono squadre che a certe temperature si squagliano, altre che lievitano. Classe, storia: Milan. "mr.kerouac [...] sa essere cattivo con pochissime parole". (Angyair)
Indianapolis ospitera' il Super Bowl XLVI, che verra' disputato il 5 febbraio 2012. Lo ha annunciato la NFL nel corso dello Spring Meeting di Atlanta. La finale del campionato si svolgera' al Lucas Oil Stadium, il nuovo impianto da 675 milioni di dollari che si appresta ad aprire i battenti. Indianapolis non e' mai stata sede di un Super Bowl. Nel 2009 la finale si giochera' a Tampa.
Angyair wrote:
Indianapolis ospitera' il Super Bowl XLVI, che verra' disputato il 5 febbraio 2012. Lo ha annunciato la NFL nel corso dello Spring Meeting di Atlanta. La finale del campionato si svolgera' al Lucas Oil Stadium, il nuovo impianto da 675 milioni di dollari che si appresta ad aprire i battenti. Indianapolis non e' mai stata sede di un Super Bowl. Nel 2009 la finale si giochera' a Tampa.
Finalmente
<<Lolo, tu ci lasci ma i tuoi teatrini vivranno in eterno nella memoria di chi resta! >> Davidyd
Angyair wrote:
2012: Peyton gioca e vince il SB ad Indianapolis e si ritira subito dopo annunciandolo dal palco.
Troppo americanata? :D
Lui ha detto sempre che si ritira nel 2013.
Il contratto però gli scade nel 2012 quindi se si verifica una situazione del genere chissà che non cambi idea :D
<<Lolo, tu ci lasci ma i tuoi teatrini vivranno in eterno nella memoria di chi resta! >> Davidyd
Se ne va nel 2012, da free agent, ai Patriots (che nel frattempo hanno perso Brady), vincendo il Super Bowl a Indianapolis con la maglia di New England
>> Davidyd
