[CBFF] What the NFL labor vote means (Pompei)

[Ryan Dietzenbach]

NFL owners take on all the risks of doing business and players want MORE
than 60 percent of revenues?  Does that seem a little stupid to anyone
else?

RD

On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 12:05 PM, Victor Waldron <victor19 at gmail.com> wrote:

> What the NFL labor vote means
>
> Dan Pompei, 11:43 a.m.
>
> After more than 20 years of labor peace, the NFL gave the Players
> Association a swift kick this morning when team owners unanimously
> voted to opt out of the collective bargaining agreement.
>
> What this means is the 2010 season could be played without a salary
> cap, and the 2011 season could be endangered by a work stoppage. The
> good news is we know the next three seasons will be played as planned.
>
> NFL owners had until November to opt out of the CBA, but there was no
> point in waiting because there was so much dissatisfaction over the
> terms of the agreement, which had been extended in March of 2006.
>
> Opting out does not guarantee labor doom, however. This really is only
> the first step in a negotiation process to reach an accord.
>
> The problem is NFL teams want to give players less revenue. They
> currently are committed to giving them about 60 percent of league
> revenues. And the NFLPA wants more league revenue.
>
> About the only guarantee is this is going to be long, bumpy ride.
>
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