2011年2月28日星期一

Sports Comment: The deadline approach NFL

What will be as if it must to watch football in the last months of 2011 and the first months of the year 2012?

Unfortunately, if the owner of the NFL and the players do not contain a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) before, on 3 March NFL fans across the country to witness the arrest NFLS play for the first time since 1987. With little progress in talks between the union of the NFL Players (NFLPA) and the owners of the league, it seems almost inevitable that we on the edge of our seats throughout the summer, wondering if our team goes on the field from September .

The disagreement between the NFLPA and owners disturbing the league is to discuss whether it should be at least 18 regular season games instead of 16 regular games are planned.

The owners and Commissioner Roger Goodell seem convinced that the NFL will benefit from it when the season is extended to 18 games, the fans offers more of what they want, and of course more sales.

However, Goodell also stressed the importance of the safety of the players last year, what kind of situation. If Goodell is all for the safety of the players, they would not press for two games on it, the players must give everything. Last season the New Orleans Saints slipped their fifth string running back in the playoffs, they put at a disadvantage. In a sport of high-touch, adding more games is none other than the care of player safety. It takes no genius to know.

Despite the pressure may be surprised for 18 games most of his arguments, each collective agreement is to be done on the revenue and brand owners pay the players. NFL reach 9 billion in sales last year, and income distribution seems to be the main point of disagreement between the two parties. It seems that the owners demand a greater share of revenue from the previous detailed ABC, which apparently meeting strong resistance from the NFLPA.

Since the pages are so marked differences, have agreed to the NFLPA and owners, a retailer in the U.S. Congress on the messenger, who must be both sides. Yesterday, the Ombudsman and was rather pessimistic about the negotiations say that there is some progress, but not enough to make an offer until the end of the week when the owners or the players will be locked or decertify union player. This would prevent the owners lock the players and essentially continue the season.

In addition to declaring the grave of the mediator, we did not talk a lot on both sides of the debate is, has probably done because of all the publicity the media already. People are hearing that the negotiations were contentious, or that the two sides closer than they were last week tired.
Therefore, in this month of football if football is blocked? Major League Baseball would certainly be happy because the MLB playoffs during the midpoint of the NFL season, which will undoubtedly increase the number of spectators formed. For the fan who loves the contact, you may need to adjust some Arena Football League, or perhaps do other sports like hockey.

Not just a lock, a major problem for the fans, but obviously has a greater effect on players. Coaches are allowed to stay in touch with someone from his team in an accident, the responsibility of the preseason practices, the captains of their teams. Last year, the New York Jets quart Mark Sanchez has a camp for the Jets to the West, in California organized, that its recipients to know he better off in an effort to continue to grow in the air.


Depending on the length of the lock is the rookie class have the signature of the large salaries, the wait is always a high risk of failure. In addition, those free agents are almost certain to be a signed annual contracts because it is a shorter period of free agent will be reached in an agreement. Blocking the NFL could be the greatest achievement in the sport, because LeBron James has decided to take his talent to South Beach. Not only that, but the NBA and MLB also appear on the new CBA's time to work, and seems not too optimistic that the NBA is in compliance with any combination of financial terms.

Heres hoping to not have to eat our chips and salsa to watch the first season of Roseanne, instead of a week of the NFL regular season.

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