NFL And Players: We're Making Progress
The NFL and its players are making progress on a deal to restart pro football and save the 2011 season.
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The NFL and its players are making progress on a deal to restart pro football and save the 2011 season.
What's in the water in Pittsburgh? First it was Rashard Mendenhall, who created a stir in May with critical tweets regarding Osama bin Laden's death. Now, heavily fined Steelers linebacker James Harrison has called NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell a "crook" and a "devil."
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.
A rookie wage scale and free agency for veterans appear to be the biggest stumbling blocks to ending the NFL lockout.
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The federal magistrate judge who is mediating the labor dispute between NFL owners and players has scheduled another session for July 19 in Minneapolis.
A group of retired NFL players has filed a complaint against the league and its current players, saying they have been excluded from the negotiation sessions taking place.
A look at what's at stake in the labor disputes, and how they are similar and different:
As the two sides in the NFL labor dispute work toward ending the lockout, a small group of players met Monday with their attorneys in Minneapolis. Players were also told in conference calls that there will be more negotiations this week involving Commissioner Roger Goodell.
Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver and "Dancing with the Stars" champion Hines Ward joined the program on Monday to give us the latest from the players' side of the NFL labor dispute and much more.
Conference calls held in the last two days mark the first time in a while players have been briefed on a lockout that is in its fourth month.
NFL owners and players met in the Boston area Wednesday in the latest attempt to work out a new collective bargaining agreement, a person with knowledge of the talks told The Associated Press.
A sense of urgency fills the NFL owners' meetings Tuesday as they discuss progress made in recent talks with the players.
If there is a season, count Chad Pennington out. Rehabbing from shoulder and knee injuries, the former Jets quarterback won't suit up this year. He'll instead take a seat in upstairs in the television booth.
Tiki Barber says failures off the field after his retirement from football in 2006 led to a yearlong bout with depression.
Jerricho Cotchery and Damien Woody would be recovering and working at their team's facilities had there been no lockout. They normally would be fighting the itch to rush back and join their teammates for minicamps and the like. This year, they might be benefiting from the work stoppage.
NFL employees have had their salaries trimmed by 12 percent since April, and seven teams have instituted pay cuts or furloughs of workers outside the huddle since the owners' lockout of players began March 12.
Last week, Giants running back Brandon Jacobs said there was "no chance" Plaxico Burress would return to New York once freed from prison on a gun charge. How quickly things can change.
Whether they are meeting in secret locations or in the middle of Times Square at rush hour, talks between NFL owners and players are a good sign.
The NFL and its players held talks Tuesday at a New York City hotel, seeking a resolution to the ongoing lockout. NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said the league has no comment on the meeting, first reported by the NFL Network.
Jets vs. Giants, a preseason staple. A regular season rarity. If the NFL is forced to shorten their season from 16 games to 8, as reported Monday by SportsBusiness Journal's Daniel Kaplan, will New York's battle for gridiron bragging rights be safe?
Marv Albert is returning to the NFL, whenever the lockout ends. The longtime play-by-play announcer is joining the NFL on CBS team, CBS Sports chairman Sean McManus announced Monday.
The Jets have joined several other NFL teams who have said they were unaware of and don't support a brief filed by the NFL Coaches Association that sided with the players against the owners.
The NFL and its players completed three straight days of not-so-secret "confidential settlement discussions" on Thursday and now head to an appeals court in St. Louis.
