NHL Suggests Two-Week 'Moratorium' On Labor Talks
Negotiations had already hit a wall in the ongoing hockey labor fight, and now the NHL has suggested the sides take an official two-week break before getting back to the bargaining table.
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Negotiations had already hit a wall in the ongoing hockey labor fight, and now the NHL has suggested the sides take an official two-week break before getting back to the bargaining table.
Now the NHL and the locked-out players' association aren't even talking by phone.
Gary Bettman is the owners' puppet, serving as their public mouthpiece.
Both sides in the NHL labor fight seem willing to talk. The problem is neither group likes what is being said at the other end of the table.
A fourth straight day of NHL labor talks failed to bring the league and its locked-out players any closer to a deal that would put hockey back on the ice and save the season.
Bettman appears to be trying to pressure players into accepting the best deal for the NHL owners.
While negotiators for the league and the union declined to say whether significant progress was made on Day 54 of the lockout, owners and players agreed to return to the bargaining table on Friday for the fourth straight day of talks.
Coupled with the more than seven hours they spent negotiating on Tuesday, owners and players have been together about 13 hours and are ready to get back to it on Thursday.
The NHL and the players' association did all their talking at the bargaining table, far away from the public eye. With another round of talks scheduled just one day after more than seven hours of negotiations, perhaps progress is being made.
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The NHL and the players' association stuck to their word and made quick plans to get back to the bargaining table.
The Winter Classic is dead this year, but as the NHL buries its most popular regular-season event there is hope that the lockout won't wipe out the entire season.
It won't come as a shock to hockey fans. A person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press that the NHL has cancelled the 2013 Winter Classic at Michigan Stadium.
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NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said the league will push its trading deadline from Tuesday to Thursday at 4 p.m. EDT. The NFL's offices in Manhattan were closed Monday and will be shuttered again Tuesday.
