NFL Lockout To Blame For Lower Ratings For Draft?
A drop in ratings for the NFL draft this year is leaving some commentators wondering whether the ongoing lockout could affect the league's overall popularity.
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A drop in ratings for the NFL draft this year is leaving some commentators wondering whether the ongoing lockout could affect the league's overall popularity.
If these are not fun times for football fans, they are captivating days for lawyers.
There wasn't much time to celebrate during Christian Ponder's first day as a Minnesota Viking.
Despite being encouraged by the NFL to compensate the Ravens for botching a deal the two teams had agreed to, the Bears say they refused to do so.
On Monday, judge Susan Richard Nelson ruled to lift the NFL lockout and in essence return the NFL to business as usual. On Friday, a day after the NFL Draft, the league will allow their players to resume workouts and meet with coaches.
The 2011 NFL Draft is finally here. All the measuring, timing, testing and workouts are done. It's time to usher in a fresh, new crop of NFL superstars to a football stadium near you.
A published report says the dates for the BCS Bowl games in January of next year are up in the air, contingent on when the labor dispute at the NFL ends.
On Monday, Judge Susan Richard Nelson lifted the NFL Lockout. On Tuesday, players around the league went to team facilities eager to start their workouts and get treatment for injures, but most were turned away.
On Monday, a judged lifted the NFL's lockout of the players union, in essence opening back up the business of the NFL. It's decision considered to be a win for the players, and a decision that prompted a response from Roger Goodell.
Seven weeks into the NFL lockout, players have an early triumph over the owners in court.
The NFL hasn't set a deadline for when games would be canceled without a collective bargaining agreement.
I have to hand it to the NFL. Few organizations could publicly promote their immediate future with such fanfare and grandiosity while simultaneously insisting none of it will ever happen if they don't want it to.
The NFL released the complete schedule for the 2011-2012 regular season on Tuesday. If there is a NFL season this year, and right now that's a big if, the Bears know whom, when and where they will play.
The NFL and it's players finished their fourth day of court-ordered mediation with what appears to be very little progress being made. And what might be more disheartening is that there are no plans to again until mid-May.
In a year in which the Bears are scheduled to travel to London for their first-ever regular season game across the pond, the team opens at home against Atlanta.
The NFL and the players union expected a ruling from a federal judge on a request to immediately halt the current lockout, now in its second month. The two sides continued their court-ordered mediation Tuesday.
NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith is expected to miss a court-ordered labor negotiation session today.
Due to the current NFL lockout, players are unable to use team facilities for offseason workouts. As a result, Chicago Bears tight end Greg Olsen went to Stevenson High School's football field to do some field work, but was denied access.
The NFL and players are still working out a new deal, but they still have a backup plan if parts of the 2011 season get canceled. Part of that plan includes adjusting the date for the Super Bowl.
On Tuesday, the the attorneys for the NFL players met with the federal magistrate who will oversee court-ordered mediation between the players and the NFL.
U.S. District Court Judge Susan Richard Nelson has combined the the lawsuits that involved current and former NFL players.
The NFL owners and players union could return to mediation sessions as soon as late next week, according to CBSSports.com report.
A day after the judge handling the NFL lockout lawsuit urged the sides to go "back to the table," the players and owners both expressed a willingness to do so. The hitch: Each offered to meet for talks in a setting the other finds unpalatable.
The NFL players and the owners have officially taken their labor disagreement to court.
