The Dude

You guys have to realize that even though Brady, Brees, and Manning "represent" the players, they only truly represent about 1% of the players. These guys are elite, and are or will be the highest paid players in the league. They have a lot more to gain from this posturing than your average player. For every Brady, Manning, or Brees who have multi million dollar contracts there are 100 Arringtons, Shanles, Weatherfords, and Reis', these are the guys who really are the NFL. 99% of the leagues players are just sick and tired of this and want to get back to playing football and making money. FA especially have a lot more to lose than these star players that are in on the negotiations. I can totally understand Shanles frustrations. The average NFL player will never hit free agency as the average career span of an NFL player is 3.5 years (I dont care how Goodall tries to spin it, that is what it is) and will likely be affected by very little of this CBA bull****.