It doesn’t sound like there will be a deal between the NFL and the Owners anytime soon, as reports in the Washington Post say that the sides are some $800 million apart with the Friday deadline of the extension approaching.
If there is to be a settlement this week, it probably would have to involve a tradeoff between the two sides on the revenue split under a salary cap system and another key issue: whether a federal court judge in Minneapolis would continue to oversee the sport’s labor deal, said sources from throughout the sport, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the discussions are at a sensitive stage.
A settlement, if it is to be completed by the new bargaining deadline Friday, also would be likely to include an 18-game regular season that would be accompanied by reductions in offseason workouts and perhaps other concessions to the players, and a version of a rookie wage scale less restrictive than the NFL originally sought, the sources said. They cautioned that all the elements of a potential deal still could change as negotiations progress this week.
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Ben Dover
March 8, 2011 at 2:06 pm
I want to see the players win in the hopes that the owners will then fire Roger Goodell, that douche bag will ruin the NFL if he remains for too much longer.
Goodell’s “Safety Initiation” was nothing more than dirty management negotiation tactics. The goal of the owners this season was not to protect players, it was to pile up a stack of infractions against the players that they could use as a barginning chip to force the players into an 18-game schedule, ie; give us 18 games and we’ll mank all of these fines go away.
I know there will be those of you who doubt this claim, but that’s because you’ve never worked in a unoin ship before. I have and have wittnessed management use this tactic as a hammer against us, therefore I recognize it when I see it.
This is why I want to see the players shove it up the owners tail-pipes.