St Patrick's Athletic players have said they will not play in tonight's Europa League qualifier against Karpaty Lviv. The players had already refused to take part in any media activities after the club failed to meet their request for bonus payments and compensation for loss of earnings. The players have since released a statement confirming that they will not play this evening's third-round qualifier second leg at Tallaght Stadium. They lost the first leg 2-0. The statement read: "Following receipt of a fax from the owners of St Patrick's Athletic Football Club early this morning, we have considered its contents carefully. "The faxed offer is the same offer that we rejected
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Player Rep: NFL Players Upset With Owners’ Tactics, Unsure When They’ll Vote to End Lockout
by Jeff Howe on Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 12:07AM Just when the two sides were starting to get along, the NFL's labor situation has gotten ugly yet again. The players were absolutely livid with the owners Thursday night, and as such, the league's player representatives knew within an hour of their conference call that they wouldn't be voting to ratify a settlement to end the lockout, according to a player rep who was on the call.There's a "good chance" the players reconvene for another call Friday, but the player rep had "no idea" if the players would be ready to vote then.Earlier Thursday, the owners approved the proposal by a 31-0 vote (the Raiders abstained), and they left
No new proposal from NBA players (AP)
With their turn, the players passed. NBA players declined to present a new economic proposal to owners Friday, less than a week before the expiration of the collective bargaining agreement. Dressed in matching T-shirts urging solidarity, about 40 players attended the negotiating session, the final one before owners could vote on whether to lock them out if no deal is reached.
Villa players text each other celebratory champagne bottles
A whole lot of texting went on It’s a shame really. Whilst Martin O’Neill was loitering outside Villa Park, pretending to change a tyre, but secretly waiting for a tearful Mourinho-like send off from his players, those little turds were reportedly sending one another text messages of champagne bottles, and humming “ding dong the witch has gone” while they were at it. (more…)