NFL Owners, Players Meet Again

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By BARRY WILNER

Round 4 of the "secret" negotiations is over. Round 5 is coming soon - perhaps to a suburban locale near you.

NFL owners and players met for the second straight day in Hull, Mass., 18 miles south of Boston, as they attempt to close in on a collective bargaining agreement.

"The players and owners were here over the last two days," Commissioner Roger Goodell said Thursday as he stood next to players association chief DeMaurice Smith. "De and I were here for the entire meetings also. And it's complicated and it's complex, but we're working hard and we understand the fans' frustration. But I think both of us feel strongly that we're going to continue to work hard at it."

A league statement said the sides will have more meetings. Those talks are expected next week; in the last four weeks, the owners and players have met outside of Chicago, New York and on the Maryland shore before heading to the beachside in New England.


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[Syrinx]

1. rich and richer

:shrug:

[stockholmer]

2. the NFL, NBA, MLB,etc could all have the greatest 'union contracts ever' & that will get the average

US citizen-worker JACK SHITE.

This is all simply bread and circuses over the false 'tribal-identification' populace control dynamic that is modern corporate sports in America (and other nations as well) today.

[FLPanhandle]

3. I hope they get this done fast

Not that I watch professional sports (strictly college sports for me), nor do I care much that the NFL players will get even more money than I'll ever see, but there are a lot of regular salaried folks that work to support the games and the local waiters, waitresses, bartenders, hotel staff, and local businesses that depend on the games.

I'm hoping for resolution for the regular folks. Owners & Players I have little sympathy for.