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PFT: First NFL player jumps to AFL amid lockout

PFT: First NFL player jumps to AFL amid lockout

Troy Bergeron ended last season on the Cowboys practice squad, but he doesn’t want to wait for the lockout to end to get back to work. Bergeron signed on with the Cleveland Gladiators in a return to his AFL roots. He signed a futures contract with Dallas after last season, but the contract no longer applied because of the lockout. Bergeron also spent time with Atlanta and Buffalo last year.

 

Tackled: NFL in Limbo As Players Locked Out

Tackled: NFL in Limbo As Players Locked Out

All along, the NFL said it was certain the players' union would decertify and head to court. All along, the union insisted the league's owners were planning to lock out the players. And that's exactly what happened.

 

NFL, players face expiration of labor contract

NFL, players face expiration of labor contract

With the NFL on the brink of its first work stoppage in nearly a quarter of a century, Commissioner Roger Goodell and union head DeMaurice Smith met at a federal mediator's office Friday, the day the league's twice-extended labor contract was set to expire....

 

NFL and union extend talks for a week

The NFL and the players' union agreed to extend talks on a new collective agreement for another week, raising hopes a fresh deal could be struck and a lockout avoided.

 

PFT: NFL, union extend negotiation deadline 24 hours

Per multiple reports, the league and the NFLPA have struck a deal on extending the moment at which the current CBA expires. The extension, which widely was believed to last at least a week, will push midnight back by a mere 24 hours.

 

NFL labor dispute has prosperous league on the brink of shutting down

NFL labor dispute has prosperous league on the brink of shutting down

A month ago this Sunday, the National Football League capped another season as master of the professional sports universe by hosting the most-watched television program in history: Super Bowl XLV, seen by an average of 111 million viewers. A $9 billion industry, the league has brought unprecedented wealth to its owners and players during 24 years of labor peace.

 

NFL free agency begins Friday without cap

NFL free agency begins Friday without cap

The NFL is on the verge of an uncapped season. When the league and the players association reached a new collective bargaining agreement in 2006, a clause called for eliminating the salary cap in 2010. Both sides assumed an uncapped season would be so distasteful that a new contract would be finalized long before the cap disappeared.

 

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