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NFL, NFLPA Release Joint Statement

After today’s ruling by the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis that the NFL lockout was indeed legal (on most levels), the NFL and NFLPA took time out from their negotiation sessions to parse…Read More

The Lockout is Back On

The NFL Owners have gotten their wish, today the 8th circuit court of appeals granted their request for a stay of the injunction on the lockout. So this morning players were being welcomed back into their…Read More

Rift in Players Union Now Evident

According to Andrew Brandt of ESPN.com the NFLPA has begun to splinter in the wake of the decertification that took place last month. Despite the seemingly united front portrayed by the players’…Read More

NFL, NFLPA Adjourn Until May 16

This was not what the fans were hoping for when Minneapolis federal judge Susan Nelson mandated the NFLPA and NFL continue to undergo mediation. Rather than reaching terms on a new CBA the players and…Read More

NFL, NFLPA Resume Mediation Today

Today the NFL and the NFLPA will again resume mediation in Minneapolis. The sides have both been ordered to meet by judge Susan Nelson while she considers an injunction against the current lockout. Nelson…Read More

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NFL, NFLPA Convene in Court

Yesterday saw the initial hearings for Brady et al v. NFL et al as well as a secondary suit in a Minneapolis…Read More

How Is This Becoming So One-Sided?

It may just be me, but in the days since the NFL and the NFLPA pulled what many writers have dubbed…Read More

Jeff Pash Lays it Down

NFL General Counsel Jeff Pash has been in a war of words with DeMaurice Smith for about a week now. Of…Read More

The Morning After…

Well, last night things got crazy as far as the CBA and the NFL labor negotiations go, however in the…Read More

Now We Play the Blame Game

With the NFLPA decertifying today at 5 PM, we can now begin with the finger-pointing. Both sides want…Read More

NFLPA Decertifies

The NFLPA announced just moments ago that they have opted to decertify and take the collective bargaining…Read More

To Decertify or Not to Decertify

Things are beginning to get dicey, as of penning this article, the NFLPA currently has about an hour…Read More

The Final Countdown

Today is the deadline for the NFL and the NFLPA to either reach another extension or actually hammer…Read More

18 Game Schedule Off the Table

It seemed like something that only the owners wanted to see anyway, but DeMaurice Smith, in speaking…Read More

PFT: Players Asking Too Much

It’s very rare that I agree with anything Mike Florio says. He seems like a nice enough guy and…Read More

DeMaurice Smith Leaves Negotiations

DeMaurice Smith was most recently seen leaving the site of the NFL labor negotiations. The two sides…Read More

NFL, NFLPA Agree on 7-Day Extension

The NFL and the NFLPA agreed on a second extension on Friday, this time lasting seven days and extending…Read More