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It should come as no shock that a New York Jets player isn't backing down from a good argument.
After Ray Lewis and Darnell Dockett called out Antonio Cromartie for his critical comments regarding the NFL Players Association, the Jets' cornerback fired back Wednesday night.
"I don't give a who about Ray Lewis or [Darnell Dockett] talking about what I said," Cromartie said in a message posted on his Twitter account, according to the New York Daily News.
"There's 10's of thousand ppl who will lose jobs. They taking our healthcare away and for players that have surgery can't even get rehab once March 3rd gets here."
Cromartie ripped the league and the union Monday for the state of negotiations on a new collective bargaining agreement. If the sides cannot come to terms, players could be locked out when the current CBA expires March 4. Cromartie is a free agent, so his future is uncertain.
Cromartie has blasted the way the negotiations have gone.
"Especially when you don't get no information about nothing from the union or the owners," Cromartie said Monday. "So to tell you the truth they need to get their damn minds together and get this [expletive] done. Stop bitching about money. Money ain't nothing. Money can be here and gone. Us players, we want to go out and play football. It's something we've been doing and we love it and enjoy it. It's our livelihood."
The Cardinals' Dockett and Ravens' Lewis responded Wednesday afternoon to Cromartie.
"We have leaders," Dockett told ESPNNewYork.com, referrring to the NFLPA. "We know what is fair and the players are behind our leadership."
Lewis said he supports union executive director DeMaurice Smith and his player representatives with the union.
"Great leaders are servants first," Lewis said. "That is who our leaders are. Players are not going to turn on each other. We are blessed with what we have and it is on all of us to keep it fair. I'm resolved to do that."
The rhetoric has been amped up on both sides.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said Wednesday that if there's a lockout, he will reduce his salary to $1.
Smith countered that if they can get a deal done by the Super Bowl, he'll take a pay cut to 68 cents.
Smith wasn't worried that he was called out by Cromartie, who also called Patriots quarterback Tom Brady an "ass----" before the AFC title game.
"I've been called worse," he said Wednesday.
It should come as no shock that a New York Jets player isn't backing down from a good argument.
After Ray Lewis and Darnell Dockett called out Antonio Cromartie for his critical comments regarding the NFL Players Association, the Jets' cornerback fired back Wednesday night.
"I don't give a who about Ray Lewis or [Darnell Dockett] talking about what I said," Cromartie said in a message posted on his Twitter account, according to the New York Daily News.
"There's 10's of thousand ppl who will lose jobs. They taking our healthcare away and for players that have surgery can't even get rehab once March 3rd gets here."
Cromartie ripped the league and the union Monday for the state of negotiations on a new collective bargaining agreement. If the sides cannot come to terms, players could be locked out when the current CBA expires March 4. Cromartie is a free agent, so his future is uncertain.
Cromartie has blasted the way the negotiations have gone.
"Especially when you don't get no information about nothing from the union or the owners," Cromartie said Monday. "So to tell you the truth they need to get their damn minds together and get this [expletive] done. Stop bitching about money. Money ain't nothing. Money can be here and gone. Us players, we want to go out and play football. It's something we've been doing and we love it and enjoy it. It's our livelihood."
The Cardinals' Dockett and Ravens' Lewis responded Wednesday afternoon to Cromartie.
"We have leaders," Dockett told ESPNNewYork.com, referrring to the NFLPA. "We know what is fair and the players are behind our leadership."
Lewis said he supports union executive director DeMaurice Smith and his player representatives with the union.
"Great leaders are servants first," Lewis said. "That is who our leaders are. Players are not going to turn on each other. We are blessed with what we have and it is on all of us to keep it fair. I'm resolved to do that."
The rhetoric has been amped up on both sides.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said Wednesday that if there's a lockout, he will reduce his salary to $1.
Smith countered that if they can get a deal done by the Super Bowl, he'll take a pay cut to 68 cents.
Smith wasn't worried that he was called out by Cromartie, who also called Patriots quarterback Tom Brady an "ass----" before the AFC title game.
"I've been called worse," he said Wednesday.
