Potential NFL Lockout Looming On Thursday Night
It's been talked about for over a year, but now the expiration of the collective bargaining agreement is just a few short days away.
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It's been talked about for over a year, but now the expiration of the collective bargaining agreement is just a few short days away.
The NFL and the players' union concluded a week of federally mediated face-to-face meetings to try and reach an deal before the collective bargaining agreement expires next week.
In a week the NFL's collective bargaining agreement is set to expire. And after a week of mediation sessions between the league and the Players' Union, Thursday represents a very important day.
Progress continues to be made as the NFL and NFL Players Association sat a mediation table for the fifth consecutive day.
The NFL and its players' union have begun Day 5 of negotiations with a federal mediator.
Say this for the NFL and its players' union: They are on speaking terms at the moment.
A cancellation of all, or part, of the 2011 NFL season would be devastating for fans.
On Friday, the NFL and the NFL Players' Union will attempt to solves their differences and find middle ground regarding the labor negotiations that are threatening a lockout of the 2011 season.
March 3 will be the day that the collective bargaining agreement between the NFL and NFL players union expires, and the NFL owners are expected to hold a meeting that very same day.
Labor talks between the NFL owners and players unions representatives should intensify as we near the March 4 expiration of the current collective bargaining agreement. But a deal might not get done under the current negotiating environment.
For a while it seemed like the NFL and the players union had been gaining some momentum in working towards a new collective bargaining agreement that would ensure a 2011 season.
With all games of the 2010 NFL season over, the league executives can now turn their focus to ensuring that there are games to be played in the 2011 season.
This week, the majority of the talk about the NFL has been revolving around the weather in Dallas and the Super Bowl matchup. But there's also been conversations about the negotiation for a new NFL labor agreement.
This is a big week for the NFL. It's Super Bowl week and all eyes will be on Dallas and the two teams preparing to battle for the Lombardi Trophy. But there's going to be another battle going on in Dallas.
Roger Goodell must be getting serious about working out a new collective bargaining agreement with the NFL Players Union. After all he's passing up a trip to Hawaii to continue negotiations.
As the calender nears March, the NFL inches closer and closer to a lockout of the 2011 season. And if that happens, commissioner Roger Goodell will be taking a significant pay cut.
Commissioner Roger Goodell and the NFL owners he represents must be loving the Jay Cutler saga.
With each day, the NFL and the NFL Players Union move closer to a lockout of the 2011 NFL season. And pressure has started to mount for both sides to work out their differences.
For fans of the Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers, Pittsburgh Steelers and the New York Jets, all their focus is on this week's conference championship games. But for the rest of the league, the impending lockout is their main concern.
So far this season, the NFL has been getting plenty of headlines about their rules, player conduct policy and the potential lockout of the 2011 season.
