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What can go wrong in CBA talks
BARRY WILNER, AP Pro Football Writer
Published 02:11 a.m., Thursday, June 16, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) — Dark clouds no longer dominate the NFL horizon. Rays of sunshine have broken through as owners and players make progress in labor talks.
So what could cause rain to fall, washing away the chance of a deal?
Plenty.
"Much can still go wrong — every negotiating session is unique to itself," says Don Yee, who represents Tom Brady and is an adjunct law professor at Southern California. "Just because one day was good doesn't mean the next day will be, too."
How good those days have been also is relative. Although meetings in Chicago, New York and, most recently in Maryland have been productive, they have not created enough common ground for either side to declare a breakthrough is imminent. The owners have their own meetings in Chicago on Tuesday, with a possibility they will stick around through Wednesday to discuss the many topics being negotiated, from the percentage of total revenues offered the players to a rookie wage scale to parameters for free agency.
There's even a chance a framework for a new collective bargaining agreement could be presented to them...
Read more: http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/article/What-can-go-wrong-in-CBA-talks-1426558.php#ixzz1PVhPsyTQ
BARRY WILNER, AP Pro Football Writer
Published 02:11 a.m., Thursday, June 16, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) — Dark clouds no longer dominate the NFL horizon. Rays of sunshine have broken through as owners and players make progress in labor talks.
So what could cause rain to fall, washing away the chance of a deal?
Plenty.
"Much can still go wrong — every negotiating session is unique to itself," says Don Yee, who represents Tom Brady and is an adjunct law professor at Southern California. "Just because one day was good doesn't mean the next day will be, too."
How good those days have been also is relative. Although meetings in Chicago, New York and, most recently in Maryland have been productive, they have not created enough common ground for either side to declare a breakthrough is imminent. The owners have their own meetings in Chicago on Tuesday, with a possibility they will stick around through Wednesday to discuss the many topics being negotiated, from the percentage of total revenues offered the players to a rookie wage scale to parameters for free agency.
There's even a chance a framework for a new collective bargaining agreement could be presented to them...
Read more: http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/article/What-can-go-wrong-in-CBA-talks-1426558.php#ixzz1PVhPsyTQ
