I’ve got another reason to not like the nfl. \u00a0This morning about 2 am, I watched an ESPN 30 for 30. \u00a0It was one that had aired a month or so ago but I hadn’t seen it. \u00a0It was about the nfl players strike in 1987 and the team of scab players that the washington redskins put together.<\/p>\n
These guys were the basis for the movie “The Replacements”. \u00a0I like that movie. It’s kind of cheesy and half-ass made but I still like the film and routinely quote lines from it.<\/p>\n
Anyways, this group of scab players in ’87 played 3 games together and won all 3 games. \u00a0These dudes even beat the actual dallas cowboys whose team had already crossed the picket lines. \u00a0We’re talking about a cowboys team that had hall of famers Tony Dorsett and Randy White as well as Too Tall Jones and other big names. \u00a0Then the regular redskin players crossed the picket lines and came back to play. \u00a0Thus the end for the scabs. \u00a0The redskins went on to win the super bowl that year. \u00a0The 3 wins with the scab players counted towards the victory totals. \u00a0But the scab players didn’t get a super bowl ring. \u00a0That’s a bunch of crap. \u00a0If they are going to count the wins that those players earned, they should get a ring. \u00a0The trainers, towel managers, water boys and office help all get rings; therefore, the players that earned those 3 wins should get a ring as well. \u00a0I’m surprised that no lawyer has taken up this cause. \u00a0Looks like an easy win to me.<\/p>\n
With it being the 30th anniversary, the redskins should bring those dudes back to a game and present them with past-due rings.<\/p>\n
Even though most of these players only got to play 3 nfl games, there has been a movie and a tv show made about their experience. \u00a0 These dudes got to live a short lived dream and their story is still around–30 years later. \u00a0 Kind of cool.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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