At this time of year, unsigned players are working out in hopes of signing as free agents, it's also an interesting time for the teams, as they look ahead to the possibility of a lock out in 2011. Fringe players might become starters if there's a long labor dispute and the NFL went with replacement players in 1987 during the last protracted labor stalemate. The league might already be making preparations and rumors are they are going to buy a 25 percent stake in the United Football League, the UFL, which now has five teams and plays six games in the fall, could become a feeder league along the line of NFL Europe, however, if there's a long lockout, UFL players could possibly become NFL players overnight. Source: San Francisco Chronicle
They can't have replacement players if there is a lockout. The players would have to strike for them to be allowed to get replacement players. I haven't heard any talk of a strike, just lockouts.
scabs ................... and crowned is right for those who are old enough to have lived through it, it's happened before and could happen again.
