J.J. Watt fumes against NFL’s grievance to stop NFLPA team report cards
"They don't want to spend money, they don't want to get it right."
"They don't want to spend money, they don't want to get it right."
"He’s been in the room when the collusion, attempted or otherwise, happened. He knows how the sausage is made. He has helped make it."
"I have not been reached out to by anyone within the PA, but I've been told by a number of people that my name comes up in those conversations."
"...these dudes flex while using and abusing all of the connections that the players and the league have worked their asses off their entire lives for… and act like sanctimonious heroes thru it all."
"It’s clear that my leadership has become a distraction to the important work the NFLPA advances every day."
"We categorically reject false reports insinuating doubts within this committee or suggestions that we have asked our Executive Director to step down."
"They could have gone to Capitol Hill, they could have called for hearings, they could have made an enormous public display of, 'Look at what we're dealing with, heading into our next CBA.'"
ESPN reports the NFL and NFLPA kept a collusion ruling hidden from players for months, stirring outrage within the union.
"The god of Cheesehead Nation was isolated and dismissive. He sat in the back row of the meeting room, issuing loud sighs before standing for a dramatic exit."
"There had been a belief that the talks would intensify this summer. The reason for the delay isn't clear."
"It’s been six days... and very few people in and around the NFL are saying anything about it."
One source suggests Justin Herbert would be the "perfect plaintiff" against either entity.
It's the buddy journalism duo we never knew we needed.
The FBI has contacted the MLBPA and NFLPA in an investigation into the activities of OneTeam Partners, which does licensing for the groups.
"Of course that would happen to me"
"It’s time for Fox Sports and the other UFL owners to show the players respect and give them the fair wages and healthcare coverage they deserve."
"I got drug tested right after the game."
"The locker room is how we develop a lot of those relationships that help us do our job."
"It prevents us from doing the job as well as we'd like, but we have now more ability to be close to the athlete because they control their own social media."
"Players feel that locker room interviews invade their privacy and are uncomfortable."
"With the recent incidents in the league and what our NFLPA membership wants, we're implementing this."
"If there was a reason or an opportunity to get involved and help, then absolutely I would walk away from my media career to do something like that."