D. Smith re-elected NFLPA Pres. No Gilbert!

D. Smith re-elected NFLPA Pres. No Gilbert!


Thoughts?

Good. Screw Gilbert.

Darelle must be devastated


Oh well....suck it Darelle! That's what you can expect from your career with the rats.


In all seriousness though. The way Demaurice Smith bent over for Goodell and the NFL owners and knowing how Gilbert has a hard stance like Revis. Why the heck did nobody vote for Gilbert. Gilbert would have told the NFL to stick it and the whole 2011 season would have been cancelled. Should have voted for Gilbert...NFL players screwed themselves again.

It will give Gilbert more time to spend on other Jets players who need a new contracts.

Wheelman said:

Darelle must be devastated


Oh well....suck it Darelle! That's what you can expect from your career with the rats.


In all seriousness though. The way Demaurice Smith bent over for Goodell and the NFL owners and knowing how Gilbert has a hard stance like Revis. Why the heck did nobody vote for Gilbert. Gilbert would have told the NFL to stick it and the whole 2011 season would have been cancelled. Should have voted for Gilbert...NFL players screwed themselves again.

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Possibly. Could have been the over abundance of candidates washed it down. However, I believe there are plenty(majority?) of players that DO NOT like S. Gilbert's mindset.

Sean Gilbert is a big part of why Revis isn't still in NE.

Wheelman said:

Darelle must be devastated


Oh well....suck it Darelle! That's what you can expect from your career with the rats.


In all seriousness though. The way Demaurice Smith bent over for Goodell and the NFL owners and knowing how Gilbert has a hard stance like Revis. Why the heck did nobody vote for Gilbert. Gilbert would have told the NFL to stick it and the whole 2011 season would have been cancelled. Should have voted for Gilbert...NFL players screwed themselves again.

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How did the players get over on the owners?

While a guy like Gilbert would be great for the All-Pros like Revis, the majority of the NFLPA is made up of much more replaceable players on smaller contracts. A hard liner like Gilbert might have been too risky from their perspective.

JMC00 said:

Sean Gilbert is a big part of why Revis isn't still in NE.

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I'll go as far and say he's the main reason Revis isn't here.

The fans win out on this one, cuz if he did he'd turn NFL players into self entitled divas. Just like the NBA.

RPCity said:

While a guy like Gilbert would be great for the All-Pros like Revis, the majority of the NFLPA is made up of much more replaceable players on smaller contracts. A hard liner like Gilbert might have been too risky from their perspective.

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I'm chuffed Gilbert wasn't elected in or even forced a second round of voting. I have no interest in missing NFL seasons.

One of Gilbert's main proposals was an 18 game season. Which the players don't want.
He claimed it would add more than $46 million to the cap. 30% more cap for 2 more games doesn't really add up.

And his big plan is for invalidating the CBA for collusion. Which would cause so much disruption and uncertainty. And after the big contracts in free agency last week doesn't seem so attractive.

The players might be smarter than some give them credit for.

the players don't want to wind up being locked out again......at least all the ones who don't have 15M or more guaranteed

Somewhere in the middle, between Smith and Gilbert, is probably what's best for the players.

Gilbert brings an attitude of civil rights/social justice to this that is a bit hard to deal with when he is advocating for a group of largely undereducated millionaires playing a sport for a few years. If he was all about protecting them physically, and ensuring more equity in pay, then I could get behind the attitude a bit. But his indignation on behalf of the Revis' of the world is just laughable.

Gilbert scared me badly in terms of a strike in the future, being such a hard liner. I have no idea if Smith is as bad as some think but he seems like he can work with the league to a reasonable level. Gilbert is on the far extreme on the players' side which seems like it would end badly for us, the fans, at some point. The owners and making lots of money, the players make tons of money, I don't really care who makes more. Just play the games and that seems more likely with Smith than Gilbert.

I voted for Smith.

DeMaurice Smith is a pawn to the owners but Gilbert is just unintelligent. As is always the case in politics, it's the lesser of two evils.

AzorianPats said:

I'll go as far and say he's the main reason Revis isn't here.

The fans win out on this one, cuz if he did he'd turn NFL players into self entitled divas. Just like the NBA.

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Agreed. Gilbert would've worked to turn the NFL into a top-heavy league of guaranteed contracts favoring star players, leading to more Jay Cutlers and Albert Haynesworths.

betterthanthealternative said:

Gilbert brings an attitude of civil rights/social justice to this that is a bit hard to deal with when he is advocating for a group of largely undereducated millionaires playing a sport for a few years. If he was all about protecting them physically, and ensuring more equity in pay, then I could get behind the attitude a bit. But his indignation on behalf of the Revis' of the world is just laughable.

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He's also advocating against spoiled rich billionaires who make oodles of money off of those largely undereducated millionaires' bodies, though.

I'm all for militant labor so a strike didn't bother me at all, I can make do without football, and I think a strike is inevitable at some point. But I don't think Gilbert's demands for a strike made all that much sense - lengthening the season to extend the cap without a corresponding raise in, for instance, minimum salary or pension contributions, would only help certain superstars (especially quarterbacks, who are the best paid players and don't face the same sort of bodily wear and tear or concussion risk that other positions do). He was a militant labor candidate for the labor gentry, here, not the rank-and-file. No surprise that DeMaurice Smith got re-elected.

RPCity said:

While a guy like Gilbert would be great for the All-Pros like Revis, the majority of the NFLPA is made up of much more replaceable players on smaller contracts. A hard liner like Gilbert might have been too risky from their perspective.

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Yes, Revis has leverage which is the key to getting a big guaranteed contract. The average NFL player is important to the overall success of the league but can be replaced.