Arkush: New NFL Kickoff Rule Is 'Terrible'
The NFL owners called to vote today on some newly proposed rules to be implemented in the NFL this next season.
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The NFL owners called to vote today on some newly proposed rules to be implemented in the NFL this next season.
It appears as if there's actually football to talk about when it comes to the NFL. New proposed kickoff rules would make them safer, but reduce some of the big-play potential.
NFL claims that there are no legal grounds to remove the current lockout, and on Monday that's the case they brought before a federal judge.
Figures obtained by The Associated Press underscore the substantial divide between the NFL and the locked-out players on a core issue: What portion of additional revenue goes to players.
NFL team owners are now arguing that players failed to bargain in good faith during failed negotiations earlier this month, and that the move to decertify the union was simply a negotiating ploy.
The locked-out NFL players wrote Commissioner Roger Goodell back Saturday. "Your statements are false" is what the players had to tell the commissioner.
The NFL Players Association says labor negotiations broke down last week because the owners' last proposal would have made salaries a fixed cost and eliminated the players' chance to share in higher-than-projected revenue growth.
Despite the current NFL work stoppage, and the fact that players aren't allowed to meet with or talk with their coaches, the NFL plans to enforce the player conduct policy that was put into place in 2007.
The NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has sent out a letter to football players in an attempt to resume negotiations. The letter addresses key points from the league's last proposal as well as the players union's choice to dissolve.
The NFL lockout means players won't be seeing any income until a new agreement is made. Players have to budget carefully and cover their own insurance expenses. Though many NFL players anticipated the lockout, some lower paid rookies will have a harder time keeping up with their expenses.
Significant changes to kickoffs might be coming to an NFL stadium near you.
In a recent interview with Yahoo Sports, Minnesota Vikings' running back Adrian Peterson made the comment that the players' role in the NFL is like "modern-day slavery.'
On Wednesday, the NFL asked a federal judge to keep the details of a $4 billion TV revenue dispute sealed, citing commercially sensitive information within the contracts.
The NFL players and owners are currently in a very heated and ugly labor dispute that could put all, or some, of the 2011 season in jeopardy, but caught in the middle of those two sides are the coaches of all 32 teams.
Though nothing is certain yet, NFL players are still preparing for a 2011 season. It isn't as easy as they're used to. The lockout is keeping NFL players from working out in their teams' facilities and forcing them to plan their preparations on their own time, but players are getting it done.
Among changes for the next NFL season, whenever that is, are more suspensions for illegal hits, and possible adjustments to instant replays and kickoffs.
The Chicago Bears took out a full page advertisement in the Wednesday's Chicago Tribune to urge fans to be patient with the current labor situation and assure them of where the team's focus rests.
Out of greed once again comes stupidity! I understand that with money comes more responsibility…but why cannot NFL players and the owners be more responsible when it comes to this NFL lockout.
The current NFL labor situation has all of the involved parties pretty upset, and we may be seeing the beginning of some tempers boiling over, based on comments Adrian Peterson made to Yahoo Sports.
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be considered one of the top NFL prospects, and how cool how cool it would be to get invited to Radio City Music Hall for the NFL Draft?
It's the time of year when NFL fans should be focused on the draft and what their team's will do to improve before next season. But instead, fans and players are wondering if there will be a next season at all.
Bears kicker Robbie Gould says the Bears and the rest of the NFL players want to play, and accuses team owners of wanting to lock out the players all along.
Roger Goodell promises the 2011 NFL season will happen. Things don't look so positive right now with the union dissolving, lawsuits being filed and neither the union nor owners could make a new deal.
No communication between teams and current NFL players makes preparing for a new season difficult. New players can't even be signed in April's draft. Yet, some front-office officials are trying to spin a positive mood on everything.
