NFL, Union Negotiate More Than 20 Hours Over 3 Days
Say this for the NFL and its players' union: They are on speaking terms at the moment. "Conversation," Jets fullback Tony Richardson said, "is good."
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Say this for the NFL and its players' union: They are on speaking terms at the moment. "Conversation," Jets fullback Tony Richardson said, "is good."
The NFL and its players' union met before a federal mediator for the third consecutive day on Sunday, trying to find common ground for a new labor deal before the current one expires.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, union executive director DeMaurice Smith and members of their negotiating teams participated in a second consecutive six-hour session with a federal mediator Saturday.
The contentious NFL labor negotiations went in front of a federal mediator Friday, two weeks before owners could impose a lockout on players and threaten the 2011 season.
The NFL and players' union have agreed to mediation in their labor negotiations. The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service will oversee negotiations in Washington beginning Friday.
To paraphrase Bill Clinton in 1994 while discussing baseball's labor angst, I don't get why y'all can't just figure out how to share a few billion dollars.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell was right when he said fans "don't care about the details" of contract negotiations. But he better keep his fingers crossed that doesn't change anytime soon.
The NFL says about 2,000 fans forced to sit in temporary seats at the Super Bowl will receive a face-value ticket refund or a free ticket to a future Super Bowl.
Negotiations to prevent an NFL lockout took a grim turn Thursday with the cancellation of the second day of a planned two-day bargaining session.
I have a new favorite quarterback in the NFL and his name is Aaron Rodgers. I like his attitude. I like his smile. I also like his story.
The NFL has added a second option for the roughly 400 fans who had to give up their seats at the Super Bowl: They can choose to attend any future Super Bowl instead of being limited to the 2012 game.
So much for Super Bowl experience. But for a few key drops, the "inexperienced" (in the Super Bowl, anyway) Packers easily could have scored 45 points.
Capping one of the greatest postseasons for any quarterback, Aaron Rodgers led the Packers to their first NFL championship in 14 years Sunday with a 31-25 victory over the Steelers.
In their zeal to set a Super Bowl attendance record, the NFL and Jerry Jones overlooked one important detail: Making sure all the temporary seats inside mammoth Cowboys Stadium had been inspected and were ready for the fans.
The collective bargaining agreement that led to unprecedented success for the NFL expires at the end of the day on March 3, and barring an agreement before then, owners are threatening to lock out players.
Bundle up, football fans. Two of the next three Super Bowls are likely to be super cold, just like this one.
With the Super Bowl now just a few days away, Peter Schwartz joined Neil Keefe talk about media day, Cowboys Stadium, the latest on the CBA and to give his prediction for the Super Bowl.
On Wednesday, the Packers and Steelers practiced for the first time since arriving in North Texas - both teams took their practices indoors because of the inclement weather here in the Dallas area.
Football fans who appreciate the game's tradition will savor this year's Super Bowl match-up between two of the most legendary teams in the NFL: the Green Bay Packers and the Pittsburgh Steelers.
After a week of practices about as stressful as a Hawaiian sunset, players shifted to Aloha Stadium for their final workouts before Sunday's Pro Bowl.
If you think things are starting to get ugly, just wait. The clock is starting to tick even more quickly, and both sides are digging in for a battle that seems to have no chance of ending well.
In a report released Friday called "Dangers of the Game of Football," the NFLPA says injuries increased from 3.2 to 3.7 per week per team and the share of players injured increased to 63 percent compared to a 2002-09 average of 59 percent.
Sunday's Pro Bowl marks the return to Hawaii - where it had been since 1980 - after a spending a year in Miami. The players, however, clearly want the game to stay in the islands.
Antonio Cromartie is at it again. This time, he threatened Seahawks quarterback Matt Hasselbeck in a Thursday night Twitter tussle.
"Honestly, once I found out that they clinched a playoff spot, I had some time to kill and I had this beat lying around that I felt really good about," said Matt Fox.
