NFL Lockout: With a Seven-Day Extension, the End Is in Sight

March 4, 2011   ·   Erik Frenz   ·   Jump to comments

After reaching an agreement on a 24-hour extension Thursday, NFL.com confirms that the NFL and NFLPA have agreed to a seven-day extension starting Friday.
As for football in 2011? The sky may have just stopped falling, Chicken Little.
You want it, I want it, and now it seems the players and the owners want it bad enough to hammer it out and get this thing done.
It's hard to believe that the two sides would agree on an extension unless the end were in sight.
In case your head is spinning from the cavalcade of negotiations, decisions and rulings over the past few days, here's a summary:
The players and owners met for a week of mediated meetings. There was no reason for optimism.
Judge Doty ruled that the owners were essentially cheating by sneaking the money from 2011 TV deals into their pockets.
A 24-hour extension on Thursday granted the two sides a small cushion in working out the deal. Today's seven-day extension severely widens that window.
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