Regarding the collusion decision which was revealed this week, no current player has said a word. Most of the former players were also silent.
On Friday, an eminent former player had something to say.
Chris Long, who entered the second choice in the draft and was released as a Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year (and won some super bowls along the way), welcomes the Green light podcast. Her last episode Includes Pablo Torre, who found the 61 -page decision in the case of collusion.
In this document, he said that long in his mind about not using the partial victory of the NFL Players Association as a lever effect, potentially in order to protect the former president of the NFLPA, JC Trettter, against internal or external control over his criticisms of the Russell Wilson quarter for not having obtained a fully guarded contract in 2022.
“After saying that, someone will contact me and say:” Well, you don’t know the whole story “or” Yada, Yada, Yada “or” You might want to take a beat “”, said long. “But if I discovered that a major negotiation program by getting what we want is to be buried to protect a person, I would say:” Bring this guy out here. “”
“And I have a lot of money. You know, I made my money. But for me, what upsets me is – and I understand why the owners do not want to give guaranteed money. You know, we are like rally cars, Bro. We are all going to break. And, you know, the product, you do not want it all from a guaranteed commercial point like, never, because now you have a smoking pistol who says: “Hey, they are made at Col. And the arbitrator cannot even – the referee’s gas enlighten us.
Long also discussed the obvious imbalance between owners and players. The owners will close the game without blinking. The players will not.
“We will never have a lever,” said long, “because a year of our gain potential and our game potential is too precious for the person trying to take advantage of this year in relation to the owners, who do business and will continue to do business and who have done business before you kissed high school. It is more difficult to mobilize everyone and on the same wavelength.”
Can it ever change?
Said a long time: “The only way it changes, in my opinion, it is if a high-level quarter … should say:” I do not play. “”
Good luck with that. High level quarters are generally much closer to the men of the company than to instigators. But if one of them wanted to challenge this reality, there would not be to complain about the little little corner of the internet.
Do not count that this happens. Long was in Las Vegas at Sack Sack Summit. When he asked the current players for their reaction to the collusion decision, they had not heard of it.
This is the biggest problem. Apathy of the player. The owners use it against players. More recently, their union also used it against them.
