Some Major Players Won't Be At NFL Hearing
Some major participants on both sides won't be present Wednesday for the first hearing between NFL players and owners since a lockout began.
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Some major participants on both sides won't be present Wednesday for the first hearing between NFL players and owners since a lockout began.
The NFL and players' union are set to take to a courtroom on Wednesday, for the first meeting between the two sides since the NFL Lockout was officially started.
The NFL gave $1 million in grants to charities belonging to nearly 90 current and former NFL players.
While meeting with hundreds of high school students during an assembly about the dangers of performance-enhancing substances, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell was asked the following question:
NFL players have put a number on how much money the league should pay back if it loses a court fight over $4 billion in television revenue.
If you're hoping to watch hard football hits on your TV, you may want to hang on to your current copies of "Madden NFL" for whatever video game system you own. The seriousness of concussions is obvious and EA Sports wants to keep the safety influences in future "Madden" games.
The NCAA is hypocritical. It's frustrating. And it's fraught more inconsistencies than Alfonso Soriano's swing. Or Carlos Zambrano's head. But the NCAA isn't dumb.
Despite the lockout and failure to come up with a new bargaining agreement, the NFL owners are still obligated to contribute to player benefits.
I should probably heed the trial lawyer's rule, and not even ask a question about hockey without already knowing the answer.
An NFL owner recently guaranteed that there would be a 2011 season, but if for some reason that doesn't happen, there could still be football on Sundays.
According to the Tennessee Titans owner, the 2011 NFL season will happen, it just might take a few months to work out a new labor agreement.
Hall of Fame defensive end Carl Eller and three other former NFL players who have joined the players' fight against the league.
The NFL work stoppage didn't come out of nowhere. And because of that, players like Jimmy Clausen and Tom Zbikowski were ready to fill the void that in their schedules.
The NFL owners voted to change several rules before the start of net season, and that has taken the headlines away from the labor negotiations, at least for a little while. But the proposed 18-game schedule is still the biggest issue.
A Cleveland Browns fan is claiming the NFL violated his contract to buy tickets through his personal seat license when the league and teams locked out the players, and he's suing because of it.
A new published report says the NFL wants to test all its players for human growth hormone.
NFL players have concluded their annual meetings Thursday. Among the topics discussed is what the course is moving forward and where they are as an association.
The NFL's owners, by a vote of 26-6 decided to make several rule changes for next season. Among these changes was moving kickoffs to the 35-yard line, their reasoning was player safety.
Devin Hester publicly denounced the NFL rule changes that move the kickoff up to the 35-yard line and, as one of the best return specialists the league has ever seen, he should be upset.
When the NFL owners voted on major changes in the kickoff Tuesday, safety was the obvious reason. But what might not be so clear is making the NFL more safe gives the owners more to justify an 18 game season.
There hasn't been any talk among the owners about using replacement players if the NFL's first work stoppage since 1987 continues on, Commissioner Roger Goodell said Tuesday.
If you talk to players about the NFL game, they all will tell you that the kickoff is the most dangerous play in the game.
I wish I could get a little more worked up about the changes in the NFL kickoff rule in the way Bears management has been. As much as anyone I get excited over the prospect of Devin Hester launching a lengthy return.
As the impasse between NFL players and owners continues, the owners went ahead with their annual meeting Tuesday and voted for major changes in the kickoff.
The NFL might currently be split on many issues, but there's one thing that all the coaches agree on, they fully expect for their players to be ready to go when the lockout ends.
