NFL and NFLPA Cancel Labor Negotiations: Will They Ever Get Their Act Together?

February 10, 2011   ·   Matt Faulconer   ·   Jump to comments

The NFL and the NFL Player's Association canceled a meeting that was scheduled for today after hours of negotiations yesterday. 
According to multiple reports, these negotiations were canceled due to the fact that no progress was made during talks yesterday and that neither side has been willing to budge on its demands. 
It has also been made clear that the two biggest reasons for the lack of bargaining is due to the owners' demands to have an 18-game regular season and to receive $1 billion per year in givebacks from the players.
This is starting to get out of hand. The owners and the players are both financially sound and have no reason to be making the demands that they are making.  Both the players and owners will make more money in the next 10 years than most Americans do in their entire lives.
The owners and NFLPA both need to realize that this CBA is bigger than them.  The NFL will recover if there is a lockout, but the fans will be the on...

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