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Right, and what's changed here is, like, these players are not willing to go on strike, like, to not play these games, to not have a situation like in the 80s where, you know, Donald Trump is building up the USFL and saying, hey, why don't you strike at players that come play over here?
And you had some guys who were, like, NFL Hall of Famers who had briefly played in the USFL during, you know, during the strike stuff.
That doesn't happen here.
And think about the timing.
August, what was it?
2011, 132-day lockout.
They signed this deal.
So I can imagine.
And I'll give them this.
It's hard out here, man.
You're looking at the consequence of I'm about to not have checks and I maybe have a lifestyle where I still should be getting these weekly paychecks.
That's kind of a tough, tough draw.
So I will give them the small grace of,
Saying at that point, man, OK, fuck it.
Just let's just go just get something signed.
But what they gave up.
I'm not sure like they were fully aware of what they gave up here.