NFL owners opt out of labor agreement

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NFL Owners Opt Out Of CBA....What It Really Means
Published 5/20/2008 by TheSportsGuru at The Mile High Report
... Yes, the sky is falling, cats and dogs are living together, left is right and right is left.  The NFL Owners have done exactly what everyone thought they were going to do, voting unaminously to opt out of the current Collective Bargaining Agreement.  Since the annoucement there has been alot of talk, complete BS is more accurate, about what it means for the NFL now and in the immediate future.  There are several fine articles, like ...

NFL Owners Opt Out of CBA
Published 5/20/2008 by Fornelli (noreply@blogger.com) at Foul Balls
[image] It's long been understood that of all professional athletes in America's major sports, none get screwed more than NFL players. They're at a higher risk for injury, and not just the two week kind. The kind that can have a dramatic effect on the rest of their lives. Their contracts aren't guaranteed, unlike other sports, so they're always one play away from losing everything they thought they had. They have it rough. Of course, a lot of this is because the head of their union is a puppet of the NFL's commissioner's office. Paul Tagliabue just beat up on Gene Upshaw for years as he helped make the NFL the most popular and profitable sport in the country. Now, it ...

NFL Owners Vote to Opt Out of CBA
Published 5/20/2008 by Sean Yuille at Pride Of Detroit: Front Page Posts
... The NFL's 32 owners unanimously voted to opt out of the current labor agreement earlier today in Atlanta.  The same labor agreement was extended only two short years ago, but quite a bit has changed since then.  Owners aren't happy with the amount of earnings that go to the players, especially unproved rookies.  That is one of the biggest reasons why the owners opted out of the CBA, putting the 2011 season in jeopardy if a new deal isn't agreed to before then. ...