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| Posted By | Discussion Topic: Players vote in favor of strike | ||||
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| NYR2119935 | posted on 11-09-2001 @ 12:57 PM |    | |||
| Psychopath Registered: May. 00  | http://msn.espn.go.com/soccer/news/2001/1109/1275785.html MANCHESTER, England -- English soccer players voted overwhelmingly in favor of striking Friday in a dispute over TV revenue, setting the stage for a possible walkout this month. A strike can still be averted, though. The union said the Premier League asked to resume negotiations Monday. The Professional Footballers' Association said 2,290 players voted in favor of a strike, and only 22 voted against. The dispute centers on the amount of money the PFA receives from the Premier League for player education and welfare, which is mostly used for players in the country's minor leagues. The PFA wants 5 percent -- or $35 million a year -- of the league's $700 million annual television income. The Premier League offered $14.5 million. A strike would only affect televised games, and the PFA would have to strike within a month and give clubs a week's notice. The Premier League is expected to apply for a High Court injunction to stop any strike. The league claims a strike would be illegal because players' contracts are held by clubs and not the leagues. The first game affected by a strike could be Arsenal vs. Manchester United on Nov. 25. The closest English soccer ever came to a strike was in 1961, when the PFA forced clubs to abandon the minimum wage. The PFA held strike ballots in 1992 and 1996, and both times received 90 percent backing from its members. But a strike was averted each time when the league gave in to demands. The Premier League maintains that the PFA has no contractual right to a piece of TV revenue. The 20 Premier League clubs said last month that the $14.5 million offer was not negotiable.  CART Taco Bell Ice Hockey MetallicA | ||||
| WhackBagKid TALK TO ME, GOMEZ. HE WHO IS #1. | posted on 11-09-2001 @ 1:04 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Sep. 00 | matilda,,,comment? Britney Spears- Worth The Rape Charges | ||||
| Francine Banger | posted on 11-09-2001 @ 1:20 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Dec. 00 | I vote in Favor of you going on Strike you Fuckin Tool. Next time dont give a misleading title,and state that its about one of these stupid leagues that nobody has even heard of.  | ||||
| Drunken GW I Pissed on a Church to get this Status. | posted on 11-09-2001 @ 1:35 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Dec. 00 | To think I thought everyone was being hard on you. You sir are an asshole. If your parents never had children, chances are you won't either. | ||||
| rageparty 123...Not so bare anymore since I got a number underneath my name again I also have an imaginary girlfriend. | posted on 11-09-2001 @ 1:43 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Aug. 01 | You should look at how many replies you got from your last Soccer thread. About 2, if only that many people care. Don't start a new thread about it, or just post this junk inside the last Soccer thread you made. | ||||
| TeenWeek what's a status? | posted on 11-09-2001 @ 1:49 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | You stupid cocksucking retard. I thought this was about a baseball strike. I hope you go to cart race, there is a crash and a wheel pops off and maims you. | ||||
| Snoteater | posted on 11-09-2001 @ 2:25 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Apr. 01 | Soccer...Soccer??? Are you kidding me???? You have to be from Europe. No American would like both Cart Racing and Soccer. I mean WHO CARES!! | ||||
| Cluster F | posted on 11-09-2001 @ 2:28 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | FUCKING ASSHOLE...i open this up thinking it would be about baseball and that situation...but i shoulda known better when i looked at who posted it, this cum guzzling ftard. Somebody please ban this fucker. Fan of the Giants and the Rangers. Hater of the rest of the NFC East and the Devils. | ||||
| FoundryMusicJJ G.O.O.F.B.A.H.G.S. Soldier of Fortune Spec Ops Division | posted on 11-09-2001 @ 2:54 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Feb. 01 | This is really starting to piss me off, he posts bullshit about CART which noone cares about, and he posts misleading title thread about a players strike. COMPLETE AND UTTER BULLSHIT!!! | ||||
...And now the battle between us and them has begun. JYD-4-LIFE. | posted on 11-09-2001 @ 4:03 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: May. 00 | I agree jj. I think you should ban him. Oh wait, wrong board. sorry I'm not afraid of anything in this world There's nothing you can throw at me that I haven't already heard I'm just trying to find A decent melody A song that I can sing, in my own company-U2 | ||||
| JackDan1974 | posted on 11-09-2001 @ 5:36 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jul. 01 | I cannot believe that you titled this thread in such a manner that you have just cost me to waste five mintues of my life....Thank you...You sir are a MORON | ||||
| NYR2119935 | posted on 11-09-2001 @ 5:44 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: May. 00 | Can a moderator please change the name of the post? I just copied the name from the ESPN website. I didn't think it would cause such an uproar here. I apologize. CART Taco Bell Ice Hockey MetallicA | ||||
| WhackBagKid TALK TO ME, GOMEZ. HE WHO IS #1. | posted on 11-09-2001 @ 5:54 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Sep. 00 | YOU ARE STILL A FUCKING ASSHOLE Britney Spears- Worth The Rape Charges | ||||
| Francine Banger | posted on 11-09-2001 @ 10:17 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Dec. 00 | quote: yeah and if you have any extra time, ban this fucker too. | ||||
| FoundryMusicJJ G.O.O.F.B.A.H.G.S. Soldier of Fortune Spec Ops Division | posted on 11-10-2001 @ 4:10 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Feb. 01 | quote: lol thats right its the wrong board. Gotta get ur facts straight Face. ;) This message was edited by FoundryMusicJJ on 11-10-01 @ 4:13 PM | ||||
| Ferret | posted on 11-12-2001 @ 11:09 AM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Oct. 00 | quote: Maybe next time you'll devote a few brain cells to thinking about your posts before you do them. FUCKING DICK!!!!  | ||||
| IAmMighty | posted on 11-13-2001 @ 11:03 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Sep. 00 | Are we talking about CART, F1, or NASCAR? | ||||
| Angelo from da Bronx | posted on 11-14-2001 @ 2:53 AM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Dec. 00 | haha. I've been in PA for like 4 or so months w/o internet access so I haven't really been able to visit the site. This was one of the first threads I've read and I knew not much has changed, there are still people willing to bash people who make posts about things like soccer (posts no1 cares about), and its still funny as hell, this site and its members rule. | ||||
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