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Think back four months to that disappointing day in March when the NFL lockout began. The general opinion was the owners and players would reach a new labor agreement long before training camps opened. Oops.
Though various reports on Monday claimed the NFL lockout could end in late July, the league remains in labor limbo, with only the lawyers for both sides meeting.
The NFL is confident enough its lockout will be resolved this week, it has established a 12-Day Plan to resume football activities beginning Saturday at midnight, league sources told SportsRadio 610.
Well, things may now be worse for football fans. That small group of hawkish owners who want to bury the players now are asking for more concessions since the law, at least in the 8th Circuit, is on their side.
Lawyers for the two sides in the NFL's labor dispute are meeting separately Monday before getting together later in the day. Owners and players are set to talk again beginning Tuesday, after two days of long negotiations last week.
The Giants won't hold their training camp in Albany this year. The team says because of concerns about the league's current impasse, it will hold training camp at its home headquarters in East Rutherford.
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday threw out a judge's order lifting the NFL lockout, possibly giving the league leverage in talks aimed at reaching a new labor deal.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and NFLPA chief DeMaurice Smith have arrived to start a second straight day of negotiations at a law firm in Manhattan.
Former Giants quarterback Kerry Collins is retiring from the NFL after 16 seasons in the league. Collins will likely best be known in New York for his dismal performance against the Ravens in Super Bowl XXXV.
NFL owners and players may find themselves shifting to hurry-up mode as time gets tight to reach labor peace. Although both sides say progress has been made, the prospect of postponing the opening of training camps grows stronger every day. The Jets have already moved their camp, and the Giants could be next.
Roger Goodell and DeMaurice Smith will conduct NFL labor talks later this week after letting the lawyers handle the all-important paperwork for two days.
NFL players voted Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis No. 8 on the Top 100 Players list of 2011 in a poll conducted by the NFL Network.
Many football fans had hoped that the NFL lockout would end before July 4. It appears that's not in the cards.
Joined by a handful of owners and players, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and NFLPA head DeMaurice Smith resumed talks Thursday aimed at ending the lockout with a new collective bargaining agreement.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and players' union chief DeMaurice Smith took questions Wednesday at a symposium for NFL rookies, who wanted to know the same thing as everyone else unhappy about the league's labor dispute. When is it going to end?
