NFL owners opt out of CBA
National Football League
The NFL issued the following release this morning:
The current Collective Bargaining Agreement, initially negotiated in 1993, has been extended on several occasions, most recently in March 2006. The 2006 extension, which could have continued through the 2012 season, gave both the NFL and the NFLPA an option to shorten the deal by one or two years.
NFL clubs today voted unanimously to exercise that option and to continue negotiating a new agreement for the 2011 season and beyond that will work better for both the clubs and the players.
"I really think going to an 18-game season is critical to us getting a labor deal," he said. "There's not a lot ways in this economic environment we can generate incremental revenues. That's the best way.
"The other thing," he added, "our fans have said pretty loud and clear they'd like us to have fewer preseason games."
:arrow:ATLANTA – NFL owners are eager to increase the regular season from 16 to 18 games.Goodell pointed out that the league already has the right to impose an 18-game schedule — and keep four preseason games for each team — under the current labor agreement with the players. But that contract expires after this season, and it's clear the expanded schedule will be a central issue in talks on a new collective bargaining agreement.
Make it a 162 game season like baseball. Whoever is left standing is declared emporer of Haiti and those left on the field are castrated and sent to work in the harems of the Arabs
we could get into the economy hurting every thing sports from golf to basketball but you can watch espn read si or google it yourself. i think your real arogance is just part of being a cowgirls fan. jerry jones lol
The owners would like to keep the season at 20 weeks, reducing the number of preseason games from four to two.
