Heck, even though she’s not younger than me, she’s still a pretty girl… because I can’t exactly call her a lady… :)

Well, if we’re going to split hairs like this, then I do have to point out that they HAVE provided proof. What they haven’t provided are DETAILS. Minor, but potentially critical difference. What they have provided is certified accounting summaries (or something along those lines) that prove that the league as a whole is making less money. What they aren’t willing to do — likely because of disagreements/distrust among themselves — is to provide line-by-line details showing WHICH teams are losing money and exactly how much. The NFLPA is trying to exploit that potential ownership fissure by subtly misrepresenting the truth in their propaganda. It’s actually a fairly clever, if dishonest, tactic.

On some level, I actually partly agree with the players that it does seem a bit suspicious that they won’t turn over their full books, but the owners are right that they don’t have any requirement to do so. Because you know people like Jones probably ARE making a good profit still. And I have very little sympathy for morons like Mikey the Moron who is likely losing money or close to it, but also is a good part of the problem because of the way he runs the Bungles into the ground because he’s too )@(* stupid to hire a GM and proper coaching staff. But then there are other small-market owners like Wayne Weaver and Ralph Wilson and even our own Rita Benson-LeBlanc (and her granddad, but I know none of you give a crap about him) who are _*also* in danger of and/or actually losing money despite NOT being morons or greedy thugs.

But at the same time, pretty much no company ever discloses its full books to the general public, nor even to their stockholders if they’re publicly traded, or even just to the other side in union negotiations. That’s why you have CPAs and auditors and summary reports and systems to certify those records in the first place.