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NFL Lockout 2011: As in Wisconsin, Collective Bargaining Is the Main Issue

We just can't seem to collectively agree about collective bargaining these days. With Wisconsin's state legislative standoff still unresolved, representatives from the National Football League and its players union reconvened this morning to continue negotiating over the very issue that has proved so contentious of...

Source: 'We're Nowhere' on NFL CBA Talks

INDIANAPOLIS -- NFL players' union chief DeMaurice Smith addressed agents in an annual meeting here Friday at the scouting combine. But several agents who were in the meeting said Smith didn't get into the specifics of the mediated collective bargaining negotiations that took place over the previous seven days in...

Labor Cloud Hovers Over NFL's Combine

INDIANAPOLIS -- They can all pretend it's business as usual, but those who do are in trouble. Coaches, GMs and draft prospects gathering here for the annual NFL Scouting Combine have largely been shrugging off the potential impact of the league's labor unrest on their individual situations at their own peril. The...

NFL 'Mediation' Won't Work Unless Attitudes Change

Call me a Scrooge, but I'm not buying this mediation thing. It's nice that the NFL and the NFLPA have agreed to meet in the presence of a federal mediator -- it might prompt them to be more polite to each other than they've been so far. But I don't think it's going to make any actual difference or lead them to a new...

NFL, Union Agree to Federal Mediation in Labor Dispute

Well, the NFL and the NFL Players' Association have finally managed to agree on something in their ongoing labor dispute. They've agreed to let the federal government into the discussions. The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service announced Thursday that the two sides in the NFL's collective bargaining negotiations...