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Tweet Beat: NFL Labor Talks Take Weekend Off, Progress Update
by KD Drummond
http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2011...-labor-talks-take-weekend-off-progress-update
The NFL Lockout has stretched well into the triple digits. Over the past few weeks, we've seen several negotiation sessions aimed at reaching the framework of a new CBA. The sides met for an extended 15 hour session Thursday, and followed that up with two more hours on Friday. Some media worked themselves into a tizzy over the fact that the groups took the holiday weekend off and will reconvene their sessions on Tuesday. The reported target date for a deal to be struck in time not to miss any action was the July 4th marker. If a handshake agreement was in place by then, that would give enough time for the lawyers to chalk up the CBA, get it signed by July 15th and still have a two week free agency period before training camps were scheduled to start. When word started leaking out that teams were making alternative training camp plans, some fans saw the writing on the walls to mean a deal wasn't close.
We turn to the twitter world, once again NFL Network's Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer), so that we can show the timeline of events as they transpired. Again, Twitter is there for insta-news. It is intended to get the immediate reaction to what is happening, and sometimes it doesn't bear out to be correct. Here was the Tweet Beat for the latest in the labor negotiations. The time stamps aren't accurate, but are a pain to remove so use the day headers at the beginning of each string and the times mentioned in the tweets...
by KD Drummond
http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2011...-labor-talks-take-weekend-off-progress-update
The NFL Lockout has stretched well into the triple digits. Over the past few weeks, we've seen several negotiation sessions aimed at reaching the framework of a new CBA. The sides met for an extended 15 hour session Thursday, and followed that up with two more hours on Friday. Some media worked themselves into a tizzy over the fact that the groups took the holiday weekend off and will reconvene their sessions on Tuesday. The reported target date for a deal to be struck in time not to miss any action was the July 4th marker. If a handshake agreement was in place by then, that would give enough time for the lawyers to chalk up the CBA, get it signed by July 15th and still have a two week free agency period before training camps were scheduled to start. When word started leaking out that teams were making alternative training camp plans, some fans saw the writing on the walls to mean a deal wasn't close.
We turn to the twitter world, once again NFL Network's Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer), so that we can show the timeline of events as they transpired. Again, Twitter is there for insta-news. It is intended to get the immediate reaction to what is happening, and sometimes it doesn't bear out to be correct. Here was the Tweet Beat for the latest in the labor negotiations. The time stamps aren't accurate, but are a pain to remove so use the day headers at the beginning of each string and the times mentioned in the tweets...
