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(Photo: Bob Chwedyk, AP) Story Highlights 98.2% of players vote in favor of new deal Trades, signings and player moves allowed Players accept 50-50 split in revenue, gain a pension plan (PhatzRadio / USA Today) —- The NHL and NHL Players Association signed off on a memorandum of understanding Saturday night that allows training camps [...]
(Photo: Bob Chwedyk, AP) Story Highlights Player ratification vote results won’t be announced until later Saturday Schedule would be conference only this season Players accept 50-50 split in revenue, gain a pension plan The NHL Players’ Association said Saturday that it was delaying announcement of the results of players’ ratification vote as the union and [...]
NHL commish Gary Bettman announces owners approve new CBA at Wednesday press conference.(Frank Franklin II/AP) NEW YORK (AP) — NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman secured unanimous ownership support for the pending labor deal, then apologized to everyone hurt by the long lockout and said he isn’t going anywhere. The league’s board of governors met in a [...]
(Photo: Mary Altaffer, AP) Story Highlights Lockout reached its 113th day on Sunday Marathon negotiating session that lasted more than 16 hours NHL avoided embarrassment of having a second season lost to a labor dispute Federal mediator Scot L. Beckenbaugh brought owners and players together, but in the end fear of losing a second NHL [...]
NHL players, shown at a September meeting, overwhelmingly voted to allow the union to dissolve itself.(Photo: Mary Altaffer, AP) Story Highlights NHLPA could choose to negotiate again before dissolving union Donald Fehr says he’s willing to talk during holidays Disclaimer would free up players to pursue antitrust lawsuits NHL players have given their union permission [...]
NHLPA head Donald Fehr says talks between the players and owners are “recessed.” (Chris Young/Canadian Press) NEW YORK (AP) — NHL labor negotiations hit a standstill after talks broke off on Friday, two weeks before the league has threatened to lock out its players. NHL Players’ Association executive director Don Fehr announced that the NHL [...]
According to a source, the NHL’s latest offer doesn’t include rollbacks for current contracts, meaning Penguins star Sidney Crosby would earn all $104.4 million of the 12-year extension he signed with Pittsburgh earlier this summer. (Ray Stubblebine/Reuters) NEW YORK (AP) — The NHL and NHLPA remained at an impasse in the latest round of collective [...]
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, left, and his deputy Bill Daly Bettman, sat with the NHLPA executives last week in Toronto, but were unable to agree on a new deal. (Chris Young/Canadian Press) NEW YORK (AP) — The NHL issued a new proposal to the players’ association Tuesday as a lockout looms next month. And at [...]
Commissioner Gary Bettman, left, and deputy commissioner Bill Daly reportedly represented the NHL at a meeting ahead of Wednesday’s scheduled formal talks, which were subsequently called off. (Chris Young/Canadian Press) (PhatzRadio / USA Today) — Formal NHL collective bargaining talks were canceled Wednesday in Toronto, with both sides indicating it was done primarily to give [...]
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) The NFL is again urging a federal judge to avoid interfering in Commissioner Roger Goodell’s efforts to discipline four players for the Saints’ cash-for-hits bounty pool. In a response Wednesday to papers the players filed earlier this week, the NFL says its collective bargaining agreement with the players’ union gives Goodell the [...]