Lions' Suh Holds Football Camp For Kids
Detroit Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh held a youth football camp, Tuesday, for over 200 excited youngsters at Walled Lake Western High School.
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Detroit Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh held a youth football camp, Tuesday, for over 200 excited youngsters at Walled Lake Western High School.
Two people familiar with the situation tell the Associated Press that negotiating teams for NFL owners and players are in Minneapolis and expected to resume talks aimed at ending a lockout now in its fourth month.
There have been many signs that point to positive momentum from the NFL and the players for new football over the past week or so.
The lockout isn't over, and there's absolutely no guarantee that there will be a new CBA any time soon. But it sure does feel as if everyone's moving along on the same path toward football in 2011, doesn't it?
"We're definitely optimistic we're moving in the right direction," Wilson told the Associated Press on Saturday.
The owners and players aren't meeting face to face again until next week but that doesn't mean the negotiations have stopped.
The NFL meetings from Thursday wrapped up this afternoon and, somewhat surprisingly, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and NFLPA Executive Director DeMaurice Smith appeared together, shook hands, and talked to the press about what went down.
Earlier this week, the owners met in Chicago so they could hear an update on the labor negotiations and so they could discuss where they were going in the near future.
To some young veterans and several agents, one of the most interesting elements to emerge from the owners' meeting in Chicago on Tuesday was the presumption that the proposed CBA agreement stipulates that the requirement for unrestricted free agency will return to four seasons of accrued service.
NFL owners and players are in the Boston area to resume negotiations toward a new collective bargaining agreement, a person with knowledge of the talks is telling the Associated Press.
It is, as Indianapolis owner Jim Irsay said before Tuesday's meetings, "the season to make a deal." And so the NFL and its players should reach a labor agreement soon -- presumably, within the next few weeks -- that will save the season.
More than 100 youths ages 6 to 14 filled the Ford Field turf Tuesday at the Detroit Lions Youth Football Camp.
NFL owners are behind locked doors for their scheduled meeting Tuesday, and they're not talking about staying overnight.
One day of owners' meetings could turn into two. Whether that's a sign of progress toward the end of the lockout and labor peace is debatable.
NFL owners will meet Tuesday, and perhaps into Wednesday, to discuss the status of negotiations with the players aimed at ending the lockout now in its fourth month.
