Wisch: NFL Should Expand Playoffs, Not Regular Season
The NFL owners want an 18-game regular season. The NFL Players Association does not. And, as it turns out, most NFL fans apparently don't really want one, either.
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The NFL owners want an 18-game regular season. The NFL Players Association does not. And, as it turns out, most NFL fans apparently don't really want one, either.
The day before the Super Bowl, the NFL owners and NFL Players Union will have their representatives sit down for their first formal negotiations since November.
Every day it seems as though there is something new the NFL and union disagree on. This time, it's franchise tags neither can agree on.
There will be many issues discussed during the negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement between the NFL owners and NFL Players Association. Not many of them easily understandable for fans.
The NFL gets to cash its $4 billion in TV checks. The union gets about $7 million in damages from the league.
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.
It was a great season for the Chicago Bears, but a sad week for the family that owns the legendary NFL franchise – and not because it isn't able to root on Chicago's favorite team this weekend in Super Bowl XLV.
One of the hot button issues for the NFL Players Union during the negotiations with the NFL will be keeping the current regular season format.
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.
There is much uncertainty surrounding the 2011 NFL season. The current collective bargaining agreement between the owners and NFL Players Union set to expire in march.
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.
It seems everyday brings a new outlook for the 2011 NFL season. Yesterday, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said he was hopeful a new deal could be reached. Today, comes a less optimistic outlook.
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.
"Um, we kinda don't want to play on the ice, because, well, it's hard, and we might get hurt. But we know we have to, if you say so."
Several weeks ago all of the talk around the NFL revolved around the issue of hits to the head. The NFL took the stance that they would fine and suspend players for dangerous hits, now the NFL has released the 11-page document it gave to players months ago.
