Mike Florio

Do we really think that none of 2,000 players will find a way to get that information to a reporter?

And it'll probably go like this.

They'll find a way to get it to their agent, the agent will find a way to get it to the reporter, and it'll all be out there.

And it creates a greater incentive.

You know, when we...

are told we're not allowed to see something.

If we previously weren't interested in seeing it, we now are because somebody wants us to not see it.

There must be something good there.

So they already generated plenty of interest as it was before the NFL won this hollow victory that the report cards can't be published.

Now that we all know they don't want us to see them, I know we're going to be more motivated to find them, to cover them, to put the stuff out there that the owners don't want out there.

It is kind of ridiculous that the owners are so thin-skinned that they don't want feedback from their players to be published.

But it's just an example of how NFL owners have created a world where they have no accountability whatsoever, which makes them loathe any accountability that they may endure.

Well, the teams that get it, like the Broncos, they saw the criticisms in the report card and they made changes.

Other owners have done that.

And my understanding is it's a loud minority of owners who hate these report cards, who don't appreciate the feedback, who resent the employees complaining about work conditions that mobilized to get this thing not killed, but at least muzzled

in a way that ultimately won't be effective.

So yeah, I think that any responsible employer would want to know, what can we do better?

How can we take better care of you?

I use the metaphor all the time.

Every football player on every NFL team is a piece in a football machine that is eventually going to be replaced with a new piece.