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18-GAME SEASON: Owners wants to replace two preseason games with two regular-season games. Players concerned this will cause more injuries, but they won't be paid more.
ROOKIE WAGE SCALE: Owners want a slotted system so each rookie pick already knows what he gets based on where he was picked. Players might be okay with this.

ROOKIE CONTACT LENGTH: Players want maximum for rookie contracts to be three years. Owners wants to stick with five years.

PLAYER FINES: Players want to scale back the commissioner's authority to levy fines.

FEDERAL OVERSIGHT: Owners no longer want federal supervision of the labor deal, which has been in place since 1993. They the two sides can resolve their differences without federal judicial interference. Players want to continue with fed supervision.

REVENUE SHARING: Five years ago the union made supplemental revenue sharing a requirement of a new deal, the theory being that low-revenue clubs need the extra cash to afford the higher labor costs. Owners want to nix this. LINK
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I haven't been following the NFL negotiations thing too close. But this past week the top blew off, and it'll probably end up in court. So we might, MIGHT, not have pro ball next fall. ("Replacements"?) So I look up the issues that are likely to kill pro football for a while. And guess what?? It's about money!

 
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As N.F.L. Talks Fail, ’11 Season Seems in DoubtBy JUDY BATTISTA Published: March 11, 2011, NY Times

WASHINGTON — The National Football League, which last year had revenues of more than $9 billion as America’s most popular sport, was plunged into deep uncertainty Friday when negotiations between owners and players for a new contract broke off. At 12:01 a.m. Saturday, the owners locked out the players to create the game’s first work stoppage since 1987 and imperil the 2011 regular season.

After a final day of negotiations, the players union formally dissolved itself, a process known as decertification. Such a move is highly unusual, but it allowed players to seek an injunction in federal court to prevent the league from implementing a lockout and to sue the N.F.L. on antitrust grounds. LINK
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And here is where it stands today: on the brink of federal court. In football terms, the SS of the player's team just walked up to the line to blitz, and is headed to the blindside of the owner's team QB at full speed. There's gonna be a huge collision unless the owners get rid of the ball. Real quick.

 
I saw one figure that owners can expect to generate 60-80%+ of their normal season revenue without playing a single game because of TV contract payouts and such. So, despite the long term damage a canceled season would do to the league in the short term the owners can easily hold out.

 
So does this mean we get to see Prince, Helu, Hagg, and Henery on the Nighthawks roster this year? I'd pay to see that.

 
On Wednesday (4/6), Judge Susan Nelson of the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota will hear a motion for a preliminary injunction brought by the plaintiffs in Tom Brady et al. v. NFL. Our legal expert Michael McCann breaks down what to expect and what it means for NFL football.
What is Brady v. NFL really about? A group of NFL players and one NFL draft-eligible player have brought this lawsuit as a class action on behalf of other NFL players and draft-eligible players. They seek immediate injunctive relief in the form of a preliminary injunction that would enjoin the NFL from continuing its lockout. SI.com link
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Brady just wants to play football. And probably so do a lot of other players.

 
I was reading about the 82' lockout. They only played 9 games and played a 16 team playoff were division wins didn't matter. Maybe something like this could happen.

 
While there was a question entering Tuesday’s meeting about the number of owners who might object to some parts of a new deal, people familiar with the discussion indicated there would be nothing close to the nine votes needed to scuttle an agreement that would end the lockout that began March 12. LINK
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I think they're getting closer to making a deal.

 
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"We're definitely optimistic we're moving in the right direction," Bills S George Wilson, the team's player rep, added. "Right now we feel like we're having meaningful discussions. ... We feel we have the right people in the room, discussing the right things and both sides want to get a deal done. But even though we're moving in the right direction, we're not there yet." LINKMy link
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I wish these guys would quit dicking around and ink a deal.

 
The labor deal -- and the path to NFL football in 2011 -- is finally, truly done. Well, almost. That’s the report from CBSSports.com’s own Mike Freeman, who writes that the owners and players have agreed to a new CBA. "It's done," one player source told Freeman. "We have an agreement. Now we just have to vote." LINK
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Okay, so *now* the strike is over. Almost.

 
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