NFL/NFLPA Collective Bargaining Agreement: Did Judge Doty Help Make Progress?

March 2, 2011   ·   Erik Frenz   ·   Jump to comments

The clock has been ticking since 2008, but among the gloom and doom of the potential NFL owner-imposed lockout, there may be a hero left who can save the day.
He was wearing a gown, but US District Judge David Doty may as well have been wearing a cape on Tuesday. According to NFL.com, he ruled that, "the league violated its agreement with the union in carving out $4 billion for itself in additional television revenue."
After seven days of mediation and a brief intermission, the two sides reconvened Monday, February 28 and also negotiated on Tuesday, March 1.
At publish time, the two sides were set to meet again Wednesday.
Does this ruling truly speed up the process? If only by keeping the two sides at the table.
Who knows how (or even if) the evaporation of those TV revenues will impact the haste with which the owners negotiate. Of course, the owners will be saving money on player salaries, but they'll be losing money on tickets. Now that they'll also lose mo...

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