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NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said he wants to change the "culture of football" with respect to player safety. His next push in achieving this is to convince government to pass new laws in order to spread that safety on the field to our youth.
Progress continues to be made as the NFL and NFL Players Association sat a mediation table for the fifth consecutive day.
A cancellation of all, or part, of the 2011 NFL season would be devastating for fans.
It took some time and information before the report started to make any sense.
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.
The fans want there to be football in 2011, and so do the current players. It's the owners who are threatening to keep the season from happening. And now some of the game's greats are voicing their opinions.
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.
Thursday's NFL negotiation meeting was canceled and with just three weeks left on the deadline, things aren't looking good. The main concern appears to be about the division of revenue and neither the players or owners can agree how to split it.
Tuesday, the fans that didn't get a seat but bought a ticket were offered compensation for the mishap. Now, those who were stuck with one of the temporary seats is getting a similar deal.
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.
When Cowboys owner Jerry Jones built Cowboys Stadium he did it with the intent of setting the record for largest attendance at a Super Bowl.
Some surprising, some right about where we set the line.
Over the weekend, the NFL held more bargain talks to come to a deal before March. NFL Commissioner Goodell claims things are beginning to look positive.
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.
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.
A "snake oil" salesman is a person who exaggerates the benefits of their product-- when in fact-- it has not been proven to have any types of qualities or benefits for it's user.
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.
OK, pencils up. It's Pop Quiz time. Question: What's more compelling, the NFL regular season or the NFL postseason?
Every next story about TV ratings for the NFL is full of so many new records and superlatives that it's hard to keep track of which network is doing boffo numbers with which games.
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.
