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WASHINGTON (AP) — Just as many expected would happen all along, labor negotiations between the NFL and the players’ union are heading right down to the wire – and possibly beyond. In the first real indication of what’s been going on behind closed doors, the federal mediator overseeing talks said Thursday the two sides made [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The NFL and the players’ union wrapped up a sixth consecutive day of mediated talks Wednesday — and they will meet again Thursday. NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith and most of his negotiating group — including four current players — left Wednesday’s session at the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service [...]
WASHINGTON — A fifth consecutive day of meetings with a federal mediator yielded no collective bargaining agreement Tuesday between the NFL and the players’ union, which postponed a gathering Thursday with a small group of powerful agents as discussions continue. The CBA expires at 11:59 p.m. on March 3, and the union expects the league [...]
NFL owners want an expanded 18-game regular season by 2012. Commissioner Roger Goodell calls it a way to “present the best football” to fans. The NFL players union and its members, who have taken the hard knocks of a 16-game schedule since 1978, say replacing two preseason games with two played for keeps is not [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Charlie Batch emerged with a smile and a positive outlook Monday after attending a fourth consecutive day of federally mediated negotiations between the NFL and the players’ union. “Things are going well right now,” said Batch, a member of the NFL Players Association executive committee. “We’ll see how things [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federally mediated negotiations toward a new NFL labor deal lasted about eight hours Sunday, the third consecutive day the league and its players’ union met to try to find common ground before the current contract expires. NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith didn’t stop for questions as he left the Washington [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — 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, trying to spur progress less than two weeks before the league’s labor deal expires. They’re finally talking to each other – but they’re not revealing [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and union head DeMaurice Smith met in front of a federal mediator for about six hours Friday, a bid to jump-start contentious and slow-moving labor negotiations two weeks before owners could lock out players and threaten the 2011 season. Friday’s session was the sides’ first with George Cohen, [...]
DeMaurice Smith CAPTION By Kirby Lee, US Presswire DALLAS — The war of words between the NFL and NFL Players Association increased on Wednesday when union leader DeMaurice Smith continued to trumpet that he expects the owners to lock players out after the expiration of the CBA next month. Smith and the union’s elected player [...]
(Reuters) – In a bid to “intensify” labor talks, the National Football League and the union representing its players have agreed to a series of talks starting on Saturday in the Dallas area. NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith and league Commissioner Roger Goodell met in New York on Monday to discuss a range [...]
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