CBA update

[Highlandfire]

Wow, owners and Goddell called back to the negotiator after 8pm last night. Both sides meet again today.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=6177293

[riddel]

Wow, owners and Goddell called back to the negotiator after 8pm last night. Both sides meet again today.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=6177293

Most of the owners left. It's most likely a meeting to determine whether the deadline will be extended. There is a bit of a cat and mouse game before the deadline. The union must decertify before the current CBA expires or the owners must extend the deadline date to prevent the union from decertifying. Once the union decertifies, then the lawsuits begin. The lockout is really less of an issue than the decertification and the lawsuits. A lockout can be ended, but once decertification takes place the lawsuits will be filed and this thing lingers for a very long time.

I really don't see this meeting today as anything more than holding decertification off until the last minute and making the union rush to decertify later today or extending the deadline for a bit.

[Highlandfire]

Meh let them sue. It will be years before anything is ruled on

[Anybodyhome]

Hey, another meeting without the major principals- the owners!

Mara and Murphy do not create a quorum and cannot decide anything without the rest of the owners. The only reason the league is involved is to try to prevent the NFLPA from decertifying, which will only lengthen the dispute between the owners and the NFLPA.

Until we begin to hear about owners and players union reps in the same room- nothing of substance is happening.

[riddel]

Hey, another meeting without the major principals- the owners!

Mara and Murphy do not create a quorum and cannot decide anything without the rest of the owners. The only reason the league is involved is to try to prevent the NFLPA from decertifying, which will only lengthen the dispute between the owners and the NFLPA.

Until we begin to hear about owners and players union reps in the same room- nothing of substance is happening.

jep.