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Preliminary NFL-NFLPA Talks Break Down, UFL Should Prepare
by KD Drummond on Feb 10, 2011 10:00 PM CST
http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2011...talks-break-down-ufl-should-prepare#storyjump
Fifty percent? Great... Wait, fifty percent of what? Bob Kraft and the other NFL owners walked out of a preliminary negotiation session with the NFLPA over a pecentage breakdown.
Word has come out that the NFL owners collectively walked out of a meeting Wednesday afternoon with the NFLPA over a key piece of negotiation posturing. According to ESPN's Chris Mortensen, the NFL Players Association proposed to take an average of 50 percent of all revenue generated by the league, according to player sources.
NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith briefed club player representatives in a conference call Wednesday night, detailing his version of the abbreviated session that ended far earlier than the seven hours that were scheduled between the two sides in an effort to reach a new collective bargaining agreement before it expires at midnight March 4.
Consequently, a five-hour second negotiating session scheduled for Thursday was canceled, and no further meetings have been proposed...
by KD Drummond on Feb 10, 2011 10:00 PM CST
http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2011...talks-break-down-ufl-should-prepare#storyjump
Fifty percent? Great... Wait, fifty percent of what? Bob Kraft and the other NFL owners walked out of a preliminary negotiation session with the NFLPA over a pecentage breakdown.
Word has come out that the NFL owners collectively walked out of a meeting Wednesday afternoon with the NFLPA over a key piece of negotiation posturing. According to ESPN's Chris Mortensen, the NFL Players Association proposed to take an average of 50 percent of all revenue generated by the league, according to player sources.
NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith briefed club player representatives in a conference call Wednesday night, detailing his version of the abbreviated session that ended far earlier than the seven hours that were scheduled between the two sides in an effort to reach a new collective bargaining agreement before it expires at midnight March 4.
Consequently, a five-hour second negotiating session scheduled for Thursday was canceled, and no further meetings have been proposed...
