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NFL owners opt out of contract

vaildaily.com
May 20, 2008
        

By Dave Goldberg AP Football Writer ATLANTA — The NFL owners voted unanimously Tuesday to end their agreement with the players' union in 2011, two years before the deal was to expire. The league, however, emphasized that it will keep negotiating with the NFL Players Association and said games...

NFL Owners Shorten Labor Deal

keloland.com
May 20, 2008
        

The NFL and the Players Association are on the clock. The league's owners have voted unanimously to shorten their labor agreement, meaning the current contract with the union will end in 2011 instead of 2013. NFL owners have been concerned that the current deal leans too far toward the players,...

cbc.ca: NFL action, as seen here in the 2008 Super Bowl, will not be interrupted for at least three years, owners say, after they opted to shorten the current collective agreement with players by two years. cbc.ca

NFL owners cut 2 years off labour deal

cbc.ca
May 20, 2008
        

League says there will be no labour stoppage for at least 3 years. Labour relations in the National Football League are about to get complicated. NFL owners on Tuesday announced they have unanimously agreed to opt out of the final two years of the current collective bargaining agreement with the...

                   

NFL owners opt out of labor agreement

espn.go.com
May 20, 2008
        

ATLANTA -- NFL owners voted unanimously Tuesday to end their labor agreement with the players' union in 2011. "We have guaranteed three more years of NFL football," commissioner Roger Goodell said after the owners used the opt-out clause built into the agreement signed more than two years ago. "I...

usatoday.com: NFLPA chief Gene Upshaw, left, will be heading back to the bargaining table with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. usatoday.com

NFL opts out of labor deal but pledges that games will go on

usatoday.com
May 20, 2008
        

ATLANTA — The NFL's labor situation just got a lot stickier. League owners opened their spring meetings Tuesday by unanimously voting (32-0) to exercise a clause to opt out of their collective bargaining agreement with the players union. In a statement, the owners said that "NFL football will be...

NFL owners opt out of labor agreement

krgv.com
May 20, 2008
        

ATLANTA - NFL owners have voted unanimously to shorten their labor agreement, meaning the current contract will end in 2011 instead of 2013. A new deal must be in place by March 2009 to avoid a 2010 season without a salary cap. However, the NFL says that even without a new agreement there will be...

NFL labor problems may loom

suntimes.com
May 20, 2008
        

ATLANTA — The NFL owners voted unanimously Tuesday to end their agreement with the players’ union in 2011, two years before the deal was to expire. The league, however, emphasized that it will keep negotiating with the NFL Players Association and said games will be played ‘‘without threat of...

usatoday.com: NFLPA chief Gene Upshaw, left, will be heading back to the bargaining table with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. usatoday.com

NFL opts out of labor deal but pledges games will go on

usatoday.com
May 20, 2008
        

ATLANTA — The NFL's labor situation just got a lot stickier. League owners opened their spring meetings Tuesday by unanimously voting (32-0) to exercise a clause to opt out of their collective bargaining agreement with the players union. In a statement, the owners said that "NFL football will be...

NFL owners opt out of labor agreement

ibtimes.com
May 20, 2008
        

The NFL owners voted unanimously Tuesday to end their agreement with the players' union in 2011, two years before the deal was to expire. The league, however, emphasized that it will keep negotiating with the NFL Players Association and said games will be played "without threat of interruption...

castanet.net: NFL action, as seen here in the 2008 Super Bowl, will not be interrupted for at least three years, owners say, after they opted to shorten the current collective agreement with players by two years. castanet.net

NFL owners opt out of union deal (Sports)

castanet.net
May 20, 2008
        

League says there will be no labour stoppage for at least 3 years. Labour relations in the National Football League are about to get complicated. NFL owners on Tuesday announced they have unanimously agreed to opt out of the final two years of the current collective bargaining agreement with the...

               

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