Collective Bargaining Agreement, Nfl Players' Union | featured news

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....

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.

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.