Kyyle23 Posted October 14, 2007 Share Posted October 14, 2007 If any of you watched Inside the NFL this week, you may have seen the segment about the replacement players and specifically on the Redskins replacement team winning their 3 games leading to a championship that the professionals continued with. After the segment, Bob Costas asked the panel (Collinsworth, Marino, and Carter) about their feelings on the 1987 season. Marino responded with "I dont think Skip and Lane(players on the redskins, a focus of the segment) did anything but steal paychecks from the real NFL players who were striking and didnt make as much money as the stars" and he went on to talk down about them for a while. Im curious about Soxtalks feelings about this. Im not a union worker, so i dont have that kind of viewpoint to be angry about that sort of thing and I guess understand the feelings behind it. I work in a job where If i decide to tell my boss to pay me X amount, then he can tell me to pack my desk. Thats what I understand about my job. Maybe it is simplistic, but it is the way it is where I work. that doesnt mean i cant try and earn a raise, which I have, but demands and threats to NOT work are laughed at(ie. everyone is replaceable). Now I understand they were fighting for better contracts, benefits, etc... but I just dont understand the lasting hate towards these scabs who got about 3 weeks of fame and then disappeared. They didnt steal those paychecks, they were hired. I cant say i would turn something like that down if I had the ability and the opportunity to play a professional sport during a strike. In fact, i know I would do it in a heartbeat. thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Kickass Posted October 14, 2007 Share Posted October 14, 2007 I think that all workers deserve the right to be heard and have a seat at the bargaining table. Striking isn't always the wisest option, but it happens sometimes - and sometimes it's necessary. I don't really know if it was necessary in 1987 however. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunkBomber Posted October 14, 2007 Share Posted October 14, 2007 I understand both sides of the argument. I think Marinos bitterness is a little excessive though. I know its different but if he wants to go that route Im sure there were plenty of journalists or analysts that were more qualified for his job on HBO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted October 14, 2007 Share Posted October 14, 2007 (edited) No strike and Marino doesn't have to congratulate Favre this year. Maybe at all. That was the prime of his career and he missed almost a quarter of a season that he could have thrown 10-12 more TDs in. Edited October 14, 2007 by knightni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSoxfan1986 Posted October 14, 2007 Share Posted October 14, 2007 Whats funny is that the Redskins won the super bowl in both strike years (82 and 87). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamTell Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 QUOTE(WhiteSoxfan1986 @ Oct 14, 2007 -> 05:09 PM) Whats funny is that the Redskins won the super bowl in both strike years (82 and 87). that's odd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanOfCorn Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 NFL players made the conscious choice to strike. The owners chose to keep their product going, no matter what the quality. Point-counterpoint. Marino has no right to be pissed at the scabs. If he's upset at anyone, he should be upset at the NFLPA for striking. Not that they shouldn't have, just that, they decided that was the ONLY was to make a point. OK...you made it. And the owners made theirs. End of story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunkBomber Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 QUOTE(knightni @ Oct 14, 2007 -> 03:48 PM) No strike and Marino doesn't have to congratulate Favre this year. Maybe at all. That was the prime of his career and he missed almost a quarter of a season that he could have thrown 10-12 more TDs in. I dont know about that...I suppose its possible but very unlikely. He also could have only had a couple TDs but either way Favre would have broke the record. Were only 6 games into this season and Favre is putting up a decent amount of TDs and I also think hes probably gonna play next year as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwolf68 Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 The strike of 1987 was the greatest thing that ever happened for the Washington Redskins. Had no strike happened, the Bears win the Super Bowl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSoxfan1986 Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 QUOTE(kwolf68 @ Oct 16, 2007 -> 04:35 PM) The strike of 1987 was the greatest thing that ever happened for the Washington Redskins. Had no strike happened, the Bears win the Super Bowl. We could create a huge thread about how bad the 80's Bears underacheived. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted October 17, 2007 Author Share Posted October 17, 2007 QUOTE(WhiteSoxfan1986 @ Oct 16, 2007 -> 05:49 PM) We could create a huge thread about how Mike McCaskey drove the 80's Bears into the ground. fixed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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