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| Negotiations continue to end lockout |
NFL Football |
07/20/2011 |
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| te the support guys! Can't believe all u read or see in media. I have made no demands, I wanna play ball like the rest of my peers!" he said. A new CBA needs to be reached soon if the preseason is to start on time August 7 when the Chicago Bears and St. Louis Rams play the Hall of Fame Game in Canton, Ohio. The start of training camps, scheduled to begin the end of this week, will likely be delayed. A source told the NFL Network that the plan was to have some training camps open a day late, but the others on |
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| Parties meet, but still no NFL labor deal |
NFL Football |
07/18/2011 |
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| nue, among other issues like a rookie wage scale, the salary cap and retirement benefits. In the four months since, they have battled each other in courts and during negotiating sessions that have become increasingly secretive. Time is ticking for a new CBA to be reached. The preseason is supposed to start August 7 when the Chicago Bears and St. Louis Rams play the Hall of Fame Game in Canton, Ohio. The start of training camps, scheduled to begin the end of this week, are almost certain not to start on time. |
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| AP sources: Club execs to be briefed if deal OK'd |
Headlines |
07/18/2011 |
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| layers to take their chances against the NFL in federal court under antitrust law. The sides are trying to forge a new deal in time to keep the preseason completely intact. The exhibition opener is scheduled to be the Hall of Fame game between the St. Louis Rams and Chicago Bears on Aug. 7, and as of Sunday, no preseason games had been canceled. The regular season opener is scheduled for Sept. 8, when the Super Bowl champion Green Bay Packers are to host the New Orleans Saints. --- AP Sports Writers R |
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| Progress made, but no NFL labor agreement yet |
NFL Football |
07/15/2011 |
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| e increasingly secretive. NFL Network reported Friday that issues related to player safety and legal "entanglements" -- the players still have an antitrust lawsuit open against the NFL -- are among the major topics that still remain to be handled. Time is ticking for a new CBA to be reached. The preseason is supposed to start August 7 when the Chicago Bears and St. Louis Rams play the Hall of Fame Game in Canton, Ohio. The start of training camps, scheduled to begin the end of next week, are also threatened. |
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| NFL, players: We're making progress toward deal |
NFL Football |
07/15/2011 |
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| hen owners locked out players after negotiations broke down and the old collective bargaining agreement expired. Now the preseason is just a few weeks away. The Hall of Fame game that opens the exhibition season is scheduled for Aug. 7 between the St. Louis Rams and Chicago Bears, who hope to be in training camp by next weekend. Yet camps won't start before a new CBA is in place. Boylan, who has been on vacation, ordered both sides to meet with him in Minneapolis early next week, and the owners have a spe |
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| Progress being made in NFL talks |
NFL Football |
07/15/2011 |
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| late into the night Thursday and are due to get together Friday morning for what could be another long day of negotiations. Time is ticking for a new CBA as the preseason is fast approaching. The first contest is August 7 when the Chicago Bears and St. Louis Rams take part in the Hall of Fame Game in Canton, Ohio. The start of training camps, scheduled to begin the end of next week, are also threatened if the lockout continues. The two sides are due to have a mediation session before U.S. Magistrate Judge Ar |
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| Moment of truth looms for Goodell, Smith |
NFL Football |
07/13/2011 |
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| st-case scenario is in reality an improbable one, considering the financial ramifications at stake as well as the shrinking window to get an agreement done. If the parties are able to ratify a new CBA by July 21, one day before the Chicago Bears and St. Louis Rams are slated to begin training camp, the league should be able to conduct both the regular season and exhibition schedules without interruption. An impasse that continues beyond that date, however, would surely force the cancellation of the preseason |
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| NFL: What's ahead if no deal this week |
Headlines |
07/12/2011 |
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| all their preseason work at their home facilities, at a significant cost to the communities where they normally would have gone. The Pro Football Hall of Fame inductions will go on as scheduled on Aug. 6. But the game the following day between the St. Louis Rams and Chicago Bears is in jeopardy, which certainly would put a damper on the festivities. And with owners and players haggling over the rookie wage scale, guidelines for free agency and how benefits for retired players will be funded, the next few |
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| Omaha UFL team signs 2001 Heisman winner Crouch |
This Day in Sports |
07/12/2011 |
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| Crouch has agreed to play for the Omaha Nighthawks next season. The United Football League team held a news conference Tuesday to announce the signing of the 32-year-old Crouch, who starred at Nebraska. Crouch was a third-round draft pick of the St. Louis Rams in 2002. He's been with three NFL teams but never played a regular-season game. He last played football in 2006 with the CFL and has spent recent years selling playground equipment and medical supplies. Last year, the Nighthawks signed former Ohio |
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| NFL labor: time getting tight |
NFL Football |
07/06/2011 |
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| negotiations Thursday, along with several owners and players. They all know that some training camps are set to open in less than three weeks and the first exhibition game, at the Pro Football Hall of Fame inductions, is Aug. 7 in Canton, Ohio. The St. Louis Rams and Chicago Bears are scheduled for that game. ``Everyone's back is up against the wall,'' said economic consultant Dr. Jessica Horewitz, a director at Gnarus Advisors who consulted with Smith on the finer points of NFL labor before he was elected |
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