NFL Lockout: Lawyers trying to urge players to holdout

by Ryan Van Bibber on Jun 27, 2011 7:53 PM CDT in NFL Lockout

"Did anyone hear an ambulance?" NFL players' lawyers James Quinn and Jeffrey Kessler.

How about an infuriating tidbit for the evening? Pro Football Talk is reporting that a couple of rogue lawyers are trying to convince players to hold out in their antitrust suit against the league.

Holding out any more would of course torpedo the 2011 NFL season. Owners showed their hand with a reluctance to surrender the preseason cash grab, but the players would be the ones to really take a hit when they start to miss game checks. The reality is that holding out any more could very easily hand the owners a win.

If true, the whole idea is a stupid, stupid notion. Though the players maximum percentage of total revenues is less than it was under the last CBA, the owners made a big give with the stipulation that teams have salary cap, a cash cap floor in excess of 90 percent. Oh, and there's also the PR nightmare.

Compromise. Nobody wins, nobody loses.

Of course, the lawyers would be the real winners, reaping enough cash per hour in the ongoing fight to approximate Albert Haynesworth's last contract...for about the same level of productivity too. The lawyers supposedly gaming this little move are Jeffery Kessler, who is also representing the NBA player association, and Jim Quinn.

In case you weren't convinced that getting the lawyers out of the room would produce more fruitful talks, exhibit A.

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I'm interested as to why they were back in the process in the first place

De Smith saw they were being counterproductive and booted them out last week. Why bring them back in until things are settled?

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by 3k on Jun 27, 2011 8:53 PM CDT reply actions

i suspect they probably have to be consulted on some stuff

but the PFT piece made it sounds as though these guys were acting on their own, reaching out to players out of sheer self-interest. Notice the part in the PFT story about the leak of the Umenyiora bit after being kicked out of the room?

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by Ryan Van Bibber on Jun 27, 2011 9:16 PM CDT up reply actions