Now that the NFL referrees strike is apparently over, somebody's gotta say this.

[FORD]

In the matter of a few short weeks, Mainstream America has witnessed first hand what happens when unskilled scabs attempt to replace a union.

Think about this next time you hear union bashing bullshit coming from the right wing.

Sad that the irony of all this will probably be lost on the KKKoch funded union hating politicians from Wisconsin like Scott Walker and Eddie Munster, who were among those screaming the loudest to bring the REAL refs back after the Monday night game.

[BigBadBrian]

In the matter of a few short weeks, Mainstream America has witnessed first hand what happens when unskilled scabs attempt to replace a union.

Wisconsin like Scott Walker and Eddie Munster, who were among those screaming the loudest to bring the REAL refs back after the Monday night game.

So what percentage of skilled workers in America belong to a union? Less than 10%, correct?

And the Wisconsin thing...it was unions for govt employees that was at issue, not workers at private or even publicly-traded companies.

[Nickdfresh]

The wider issue is that owners who are greedy old cunts flush with money--and when I say flush, I mean record setting profits--are such ideological Scrooge-cunts that they try to fuck over refs for the pittance of a few million dollars relative to the integrity of the game and profits...

[BigBadBrian]

"Mainstream America has witnessed first hand what happens when unskilled scabs attempt to replace a union."

OK, my bust: as of 2011, it's estimated that 11.8% of the US workforce are members of unions.

FORD, are you saying the 88.2% of workers NOT in a union are sub-par because of lack of union membership?

[FORD]

So what percentage of skilled workers in America belong to a union? Less than 10%, correct?

And the Wisconsin thing...it was unions for govt employees that was at issue, not workers at private or even publicly-traded companies.

And the decrease in the number of unions just happens to run parallel to the decline of goddamn near everything else in this country over the last 30 years.

You think government sucks now? Just imagine how bad it would be if there were a bunch of minimum wage SCABS populating every office.

[BigBadBrian]

The wider issue is that owners who are greedy old cunts flush with money--and when I say flush, I mean record setting profits--are such ideological Scrooge-cunts that they try to fuck over refs for the pittance of a few million dollars relative to the integrity of the game and profits...

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So how do we "fix" that pesky little problem called capitalism, Nick? Shall we "redistribute" the earnings of these teams? How would that work...afterall, the teams, more specifically the owners, own the league privately.

[hambon4lif]

In the matter of a few short weeks, Mainstream America has witnessed first hand what happens when unskilled scabs attempt to replace a union.

Think about this next time you hear union bashing bullshit coming from the right wing.

Sad that the irony of all this will probably be lost on the KKKoch funded union hating politicians from Wisconsin like Scott Walker and Eddie Munster, who were among those screaming the loudest to bring the REAL refs back after the Monday night game.

No matter what those panzies say to manipulate the masses, when a 16 million dollar shift happens in Vegas over one weekend (something that's never happened before), they have to stop and rethink their rhetoric.

Especially Walker and Munster and folks of that ilk. They nuzzle up the nutsacks of the rich and call them 'constituents'. The very last thing they'd want to do is to disturb the moneyflow.

Fuckin' whores!!!

[FORD]

"Mainstream America has witnessed first hand what happens when unskilled scabs attempt to replace a union."

OK, my bust: as of 2011, it's estimated that 11.8% of the US workforce are members of unions.

FORD, are you saying the 88.2% of workers NOT in a union are sub-par because of lack of union membership?

I'm saying if you look at any industry that once was dominated by unions but now is dominated by foreign slave labor, or some other cheap labor scab source, there is a noticeable decline in quality. Just like there was in the recent football games.

I'm saying (along with everything else destroyed in this country over the last 30 years) that this country was much stronger when the majority of people were employed in living wage, union jobs.

[Nickdfresh]

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So how do we "fix" that pesky little problem called capitalism, Nick? Shall we "redistribute" the earnings of these teams? How would that work...afterall, the teams, more specifically the owners, own the league privately.

What does capitalism have to do with paying your workers their worth? The league already "redistributes" earnings IIRC via the TV contract. Secondly, there is one team that isn't owned "privately," the Green Bay Packers aren't the other owners have forbidden a team from having shareholders again...

[BigBadBrian]

And the decrease in the number of unions just happens to run parallel to the decline of goddamn near everything else in this country over the last 30 years.

Yeah, and over-regulation and the hog-tying of business, particularly small business, didn't play a part, among other things, did it? Union membership has only decreased slightly in the period you specify.

During the peak of union membership, during WWII, only one-third of the US workforce were union members.

[FORD]

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So how do we "fix" that pesky little problem called capitalism, Nick? Shall we "redistribute" the earnings of these teams? How would that work...afterall, the teams, more specifically the owners, own the league privately.

Well, you have to appreciate the irony that it was a Packers game that called attention to the issue, since they are the obvious exception to the typical greedy NFL team owner.

[BigBadBrian]

the Green Bay Packers aren't the other owners have forbidden a team from having shareholders again...

Actually, the Packers ARE privately owned. They just happen to have more owners than the other teams. The notion that the Packers are owned by the people of Green Bay is nonsense.

[Nickdfresh]

Actually, the Packers ARE privately owned. They just happen to have more owners than the other teams. The notion that the Packers are owned by the people of Green Bay is nonsense.

You're retarded:

The Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL). Green Bay is the third-oldest franchise in the NFL, having been organized and playing in 1919.[5] The Packers are the only non-profit, community-owned major league professional sports team in the United States.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Bay_Packers

Do you enjoy being my bitch, BBB?

[BigBadBrian]

I'm saying if you look at any industry that once was dominated by unions but now is dominated by foreign slave labor, or some other cheap labor scab source, there is a noticeable decline in quality. Just like there was in the recent football games.

So you admit: it was a matter of training, not union membership.
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I'm saying (along with everything else destroyed in this country over the last 30 years) that this country was much stronger when the majority of people were employed in living wage, union jobs.

Statistics don't bear that out.

[BigBadBrian]

You're retarded:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Bay_Packers

Wikipedia:

Next thing you'll do is quote al-jazeera on US Foreign policy.