PFT: Labor talks continue into the night

[cowboyjoe]

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/07/labor-talks-continue-into-the-night/

Posted by Gregg Rosenthal on July 7, 2011, 9:41 PM EDT

AP
We know that a lot of fans out there come to PFT for their fun labor negotiations.

On this July Thursday, which feels like perhaps the biggest day of talks since the lockout, we can simply tell you that negotiations continue. We are into the twelfth hour of talks with no sign yet letting up. (Which inevitably means we’ll write a “talks have ended post” in an hour.)

 

[ThreeSportStar80]

Just get it done already... This labor agreement should have completed last year.

 

[CCBoy]

http://nfllabor.com/2011/07/05/fact-check-players-share-in-preseason-revenue/





FACT CHECK: Players share in preseason revenue

A number of recent reports have incorrectly stated that players do not share in preseason revenue. However, Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk.com correctly explains the misunderstood issue in a July 3 story entitled “Lost preseason hurts players financially, too.”

“We’ve seen and heard more than a few media members suggest that a lost preseason causes only the owners to lose significant dollars because the players don’t get game checks until the regular season begins,” Florio writes. “It’s not an accurate characterization of the true consequences of a canceled slate of exhibition games.

“As NFL spokesman Greg Aiello pointed out earlier this week on Twitter, the revenue generated during the preseason funds the salary cap, which in turn funds those game checks. In other words, the game checks are higher than they otherwise would be, given the inclusion of roughly $800 million per year into the pot of total revenue....