...after the third contract year, and (7) put off guaranteed base-salary until the last years. His strategies seem to be common sense but the average professional athlete entering the professional ranks is only 20 years old and has had little to no college education. The foundation for many successful renegotiated contracts is the athlete’s past performance and the team’s “what have you done for me lately” attitude. A productive player currently on the team’s roster has a better chance of signing a lucrative deal than one who has yet to prove himself. Contradictory to this is the player(s) selected in the annual sporting draft. The players selected highest in the draft are in a better position to negotiate a great deal than those drafted in lower rounds. Given these circumstances, how does a player and his agent strategize their negotiation and what tactics are used? What will be the target, resistance point, and best alternative to a negotiated agreement (BATNA)? Since negotiation is a process, there are many steps to take, many concessions to make, and the player must be well prepared especially if he is not a high draft pick or...
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...Labor Laws and Unions – NFL Players Association The National Football League (NFL) continues to be one of the most profitable businesses in the United States because of its entertainment value and its growing popularity. Behind every great company though typically lie a few solid foundations that help with daily operations from management along with the employees itself. Starting in 1956, the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) was put in place to protect current players, former players, and their families when it came to wages, hours of work, their rights as professional athletes, and their working conditions including life after the job is done ("History - Early Organizational Efforts", n.d). Some of the largest and most widely known legal issues that the union has put forth on the NFL have been the safety of current players along with what is being done to help former players and their families. Unfortunately, the NFL has seen many former players suffer from long term brain damage, psychological issues, and much more. This has put a lot more pressure on both the NFL and the NFLPA to ensure that both sides are working together to avoid further issues down the road. The belief is that the NFL had actively held back information regarding head injuries and the damage that could be done long term from its players and families along with them not providing proper care and education for players on this matter. Currently, 3,356 plaintiffs are fighting with...
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...Agreement (CBA) as we know it now was the culmination of player strikes, antitrust lawsuits and all sorts of other league turmoil. Eventually, the players agreed to a salary cap in return for free agency and an enhanced share of league revenues. Since then, the CBA has been extended several times, most recently in 2006. Seeing as how the 2006 extension passed by an overwhelming 30-2 vote among league owners, you’d think they would be fine with just extending the current agreement as it stands now. That couldn’t be further from the truth. In fact, the reason we’re even talking about this now is because in 2008, a mere two years after the extension was signed, the owners unanimously voted to opt out of the agreement two years early (Brown). The concrete agreement might have seemed like a great idea at the time, but now the owner’s feel like the they were cheated. The theory is that former NFLPA executive director, Gene Upshaw caught the NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue in a moment of weakness and capitalized on the situation to push through an extension that would be feasible for the players only (Brown). Tagliabue was preparing to step down from his 17-year tenure as NFL Commissioner, which was marked by an unprecedented lack of labor strife. Not wanting to tarnish that legacy of harmonious relations between players and owners, Tagliabue was allegedly persuaded by Upshaw to sell the owners on a deal that gave players a 59.6% cut of revenues (Brown). The owners were given...
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...Batterman said. In the last three weeks, groups led by Goodell and NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith have made enough progress toward a CBA that it sparked optimism training camps could open on time late next month. But no one is saying a deal is imminent, and several owners are known to have strong questions about proposals being discussed with the players. A handful of NFL owners -- at least two of whom are from AFC teams -- believes the parameters of the deal being discussed don't adequately address the original issues the league wanted corrected from the 2006 CBA, sources told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter last Friday. This subplot comes at a time when the NFL and NFLPA have made considerable progress, much of it on broad-picture items. The two sides, according to a source, have agreed to an unofficial timeline as to how events such as training camp and free agency would play out if there is an agreement on the more significant elements of the deal. Each side is eager to get something done before the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis rules on the league's request to permanently block an injunction that originally lifted the lockout. That injunction had been on hold while the three-man appeals panel considers the case, but one of the judges warned the owners and players they both wouldn't like the decision. The first preseason game, at the Pro Football Hall of Fame, is scheduled for Aug. 7. That makes these meetings critical...
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...he will tie Walter Payton's record (eight) for the most thrown by a non-quarterback. Brown, Smith, Payton ... some of the ultra-elite names. Brown still has to top the list. Payton was more athletic, but I'd take Tomlinson over Smith. Barry Sanders doesn't get love from the hard-core NFL heads, but ask any defensive player who ever tried to tackle him how difficult that was. Tomlinson should be mentioned with Peyton Manning as the top candidates for the NFL most valuable player this season. And the way things are going Atlanta's 2001 draft-time decision to trade Tomlinson for Michael Vick is starting to look Bowie-over-Jordan foolish. And here's a piece of advice for those fantasy league owners lucky enough to have him: If you meet him, show a little appreciation. "They don't ever really say thank you," Tomlinson said of his encounters with fantasy players. "Most of the time, it's all about the next game, what have you done for me lately? It's always, 'LT, I need two touchdowns.' 'I need 100 yards.' " As a fan of the game, I'll say thanks, for the performance on the field and the community involvement off it -- "He's a better man than he is a player," Neal said. As a sportswriter, I'll say thanks for making the job a lot easier. LT happened. End of...
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...INTRODUCTION The Malaysia national football team is the national team of Malaysia and is controlled by the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM). It has never qualified for the World Cup finals, although the team did qualify to play in the 1980 Olympics in Moscow. However, Malaysia did not take part after heeding a United States-led boycott of the Games due to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The most significant successes of the team has come in the regional AFC Suzuki Cup, which Malaysia won in 2010 for the first time in history. They beat Indonesia 4–2 on aggregate in the final to capture the country's first major international football title. Malaysia had many top players since the creation of the Federation of Malaya, such as Tan Sri Datuk Abdul Ghani Minhat, who was remembered for his lethal skills as a striker and known throughout the land as ‘The King of Football’. Then came the likes of the legendary Mokhtar Dahari and James Wong, which led Malaysia into their golden age during the 1970s until the 1980s. In 1962, Malaysia recorded a 15–1 victory over the Philippines, which is currently the record for the highest win for the national team. In the current generation, Mohd Safee Mohd Sali and Norshahrul Idlan Talaha are considered by many Malaysians as the best strikers of this generation. In the FIFA World Rankings, Malaysia's highest standing was in the first release of the figures, in August 1993, at 75th. Currently, Malaysia is ranked in the 163rd position....
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...American football can be traced to early versions of rugby football and association football. Both games have their origin in varieties of football played in Britain in the mid-19th century, in which a football is kicked at a goal and/or run over a line. American football resulted from several major divergences from rugby, most notably the rule changes instituted by Walter Camp, considered the "Father of American Football". Among these important changes were the introduction of the line of scrimmage and of down-and-distance rules.[1][2][3] In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, gameplay developments by college coaches such as Eddie Cochems, Amos Alonzo Stagg, Knute Rockne, and Glenn "Pop" Warner helped take advantage of the newly introduced forward pass. The popularity of college football grew as it became the dominant version of the sport in the United States for the first half of the 20th century. Bowl games, a college football tradition, attracted a national audience for college teams. Boosted by fierce rivalries, college football still holds widespread appeal in the US. The origin of professional football can be traced back to 1892, with William "Pudge" Heffelfinger's $500 contract to play in a game for the Allegheny Athletic Association against the Pittsburgh Athletic Club. In 1920 the American Professional Football Association was formed. This league changed its name to the National Football League (NFL) two years later, and eventually became the major league of American...
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...Football has always been my subculture any time, any day. Football which is popularly known worldwide by many football fans based on the entertainment and excitement it brings to its supporters. The game of football unites countries, clubs and fans together because of the pleasure they gained from it. It is a game (football) that is played with eleven players each on both sides, ie home and away team. According to classic football, “the history of football started about 100years ago in England in 1863, when the association was formed after the rugby football and association football branched off on their different courses.” Since the establishment of football, there have been rules governing the game. The body controlling the game of football for national teams is called FIFA. FIFA acronym means Federation International Football Association. Also, another body controlling clubs football is called UEFA. UEFA means Union European Football Association. Football as my subculture attracts viewers in the world through buying and selling of footballers and managers, European Leagues and quality of football pitches which also includes TV right. Footballers have the access to move from one European club to the other; under the UEFA rule. Footballers around the world are appreciated by their fans worldwide due to their performances in their various clubs. The buying and selling of European footballers enables football supporters to have good feelings of where their favorite players are...
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...The National Football League Today Robert Davidson Strayer Univ. BUS. 475 Prof. Kelly Aug 1, 2014 The National Football League (NFL) Today The National Football League today is a Multi –Billion dollar industry, which includes some of the most influential and powerful stakeholders in the United States today. There are many key factors in this organization’s external environment that can affect its success. Presupposing, the two key factors to this are the Franchise Tag which is a tool that the owners use to pay less money to players at the end of their current contract and keep them on that team for the remainder of the season. In terms of a business decision, the franchise tag is a solid move. It prevents a player from leaving a certain team without the team receiving just compensation, but it also pays the player a top five salary at that particular position. It gives the team five extra months to negotiate a new contract in order to retain the player on the current team with a long term contract it is intended as a good faith jester from the team to show the player under this tag that this is what the organization is working towards. Unfortunately, that isn’t always the case, and teams basically use the tag now to keep a player hostage. While the players are beginning to hold out, meaning not playing until well into the season in hopes of obtaining a new contract or being released to the free agent market. The second key...
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...American Football has become the cornerstone of Sports in the United States, with The National Football League at the fore-front. However, the NFL was not always the Juggernaut we know it as today. The NFL has been opposed by many other leagues over the years. The XFL or Extreme Football league sought to put an original spin on football. The UFL or United Football league is the NFL’s most recent competitor. The USFL or United States Football league sought to take the National Football League down legally and almost did so in the late 80’s. Arena Football aimed to bring football to an indoor enviorment with extensive offense with the AFL. And Originally the American Football League gave it’s run at rivaling the “big brother of football in the 60’s.However before we understand how the NFL is so dominant we have to understand how it came to be. The history of the National Football League has roots spanning as far back as 1892 when former Yale All-American guard William Heffelfinger was paid $500 by the Allegheny Athletic Association to play in a game against the Pittsburgh Athletic Club, making him the first ever professional football player, according to the book Pigskin: The Early Years of Pro Football. However it wasn't until 1920 that American football achieved a league of any true organization. Roussel, 2 The American Professional Football Association was formed on September 17, 1920 and included ten teams from four different states. However the APFA lasted only two seasons...
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...The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league composed of 32 teams divided equally between the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC). The highest level of professional football in the world,[4] the NFL runs a 17-week regular season from the week after Labor Day to the week after Christmas, with each team playing sixteen games and having one bye week. Out of the league's 32 teams, six (four division winners and two wild-card teams) from each conference compete in the NFL playoffs, a single-elimination tournament culminating in the Super Bowl, played between the champions of the NFC and AFC. Most games are played on Sundays, with games regularly held on Mondays and Thursdays. The NFL was formed on August 20, 1920 as the American Professional Football Conference; the league changed its name to the American Professional Football Association (APFA) on September 17, 1920 and changed their name to the National Football League on June 24, 1922 after spending the 1920 and 1921 season as the APFA. In 1966, the NFL agreed to merge effective 1970 with the rival American Football League (AFL); the first Super Bowl was held at the end of that same season in January 1967. Today, the NFL has the highest average attendance (67,591) of any professional sports league in the world[5] and is the most popular sports league in the United States. The Super Bowl is among the biggest club sporting events in the world[6] and individual...
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...The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league composed of 32 teams divided equally between the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC). The highest level of professional football in the world,[4] the NFL runs a 17-week regular season from the week after Labor Day to the week after Christmas, with each team playing sixteen games and having one bye week. Out of the league's 32 teams, six (four division winners and two wild-card teams) from each conference compete in the NFL playoffs, a single-elimination tournament culminating in the Super Bowl, played between the champions of the NFC and AFC. Most games are played on Sunday afternoons; some games are also played on Mondays and Thursdays during the regular season. There are games on Saturdays during the last few weeks of the regular season and the first two playoff weekends. The NFL was formed on August 20, 1920, as the American Professional Football Conference; the league changed its name to the American Professional Football Association (APFA) on September 17, 1920, and changed its name to the National Football League on June 24, 1922, after spending the 1920 and 1921 seasons as the APFA. In 1966, the NFL agreed to merge with the rival American Football League (AFL), effective 1970; the first Super Bowl was held at the end of that same season in January 1967. Today, the NFL has the highest average attendance (67,591) of any professional sports league in the...
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...bloody head-to-head collision that has taken place on the football field? This is an occurring issue that we see happen in our daily lives. Every now and then, you hear in the news about an athlete coming down with a concussion. Concussions arise when an athlete experiences a vicious blow to the brain. Over the years, the National Football League has made efforts to make the game safer by implementing helmets and protective gear. But the use of safety equipment in the NFL has still not solved the problem of a degenerative brain disease called Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). “In CTE, a protein called Tau forms clumps that slowly spread throughout the brain, killing brain cells” (Concussion para. 1). CTE...
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...Football is the epitome of strategic warfare, encapsulating violence, might, strength and valor into a colossally barbaric sporting event. Hall of Fame legend, and former wide-receiver of the New York Giants, Frank Gifford once said, “Football is like nuclear warfare. There are no winners, only survivors." Over the last fifty years, football has grown to become America’s most popular game, however, this fame and glory is accompanied by an alarming rise in tragic accidents on the field of competition. Even with rules and regulations meant for the protection of both the players and the integrity of game, traumatic injuries are escalating at an alarming rate. In all leagues ranging from pee-wee to the National Football League (NFL), the athleticism and size of the players are at an all-time high and continues to increase each season. However, such increases in athleticism have highlighted the greatest flaw in modern football: the iconic football helmet has become the single most destructive weapon in sports. Helmets have become the heads of missiles that launch through the air and crush into opponents’ skulls, leaving players with closed head injuries as a result of multiple concussions. The football helmet found its roots with the leatherheads; however the false sense of security and protection the helmet provides has led to the worst injuries the sports industry has ever seen. The multiple hits to the head can and will eventually lead a player to the emergency room with a concussion...
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...HISTORY OF AMERICAN PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL PURPOSE: To explain the History of American Football and how it has become America’s most popular sport. INTRODUCTION: American Football has been around since the mid 1800’s. The First professional teams were founded in the late 1800’s. At the time of the first pro teams, paying a player was considered to be unsporting and dishonorable. This shows how far the sport has come since then. This morning, I am going to cover the history of Professional Football from the 1800’s to modern times and how it has become America’s most popular sport. By the end of this presentation, you should have enough knowledge to understand where professional football originated from, how it transformed from the early days to today and what the sport means to the people of America. BODY: I. Football originated from Rugby and Association Football in the 1800’s. A. The first professional game was played on September 3, 1895 between the Latrobe Athletic Association and the Jeannette Athletic Club. B. The first wholly professional team was the Latrobe Athletic Association in 1897. C. The First Professional Football league was the NFL (not today’s) formed in 1902. D. Football moved to the Midwest and the “Ohio League” (NFL) came about. TRANSITION: This completes my discussion on the early days of football. My next point will cover from the early 20th century to the beginnings of the modern NFL. ...
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