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My Enemy's Enemy Is My Stadium Buddy, Or Not
The on-field struggles for the Minnesota Vikings are over until next season revs up, but the off-field struggles to obtain a deal for a new stadium continue like a kind of political soap opera. And, like a soap opera, there are myriad interests at play over this single issue, making for some very...
NFL Free Agency Rules Coming Into Focus
The latest, and I mean latest, timeline for what can happen when in the crazy world of the Post-Lockout NFL has been released. Surely it will change, but it makes for fun writing today. Here is it, straight off of my TV Screen and NFL Network: Tuesday, July 26 - Team Voluntary...
NFL Lockout News: Trying To Avoid The Charlie Brown Treatment
Yesterday afternoon media reports (ESPN - NFL) indicated an uptick in optimism as the owners and players apparently made significant progress in the issues surrounding reformation of the union, the opportunity to opt out of the deal, and several other issues. It's also worth noting that Vincent...
Court Issues Ruling: NFL Lockout Is Legal
Several weeks ago the NFL and NFLPA went before the 8th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals and stated their case for why the NFL lockout is legal (NFL's argument) and why it is not legal (NFLPA's argument). After the oral arguments, the courts said they would issue a ruling in due time but encouraged...
NFL Lockout: League, NFLPA Confirm Meetings
It's been widely reported that officials from the NFL and NFLPA met in Chicago on Wednesday and again on Thursday to discuss the NFL lockout. We thought at one point that the two sides had gotten together on their own which could have provided us with some legitimate optimism that they were working...
Owners or Groaners?
How many think Jerry Jones is a bad owner, raise your hands! Anyone? Anyone? Put yourself in the place of any business owner. If you invested millions in a business and almost a billion in a facility for that business, wouldn't you want to retain some say in how that business was run? Let's assume...
Breaking: NFL owners opt out of the Collective Bargaining Agreement
From NFL.com: 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. What does this mean to fans and games on the field? Even without another agreement, NFL...
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