NFL Lockout: Brady, Manning and Brees File Antitrust Lawsuit Against NFL

March 12, 2011   ·   Brandon McClintock   ·   Jump to comments

Leading the way for the first work stoppage in the National Football League since 1987, the NFL Players Association filed paperwork to decertify today after the extended labor talks failed.
The Players Association and NFL owners remained too far apart in the end to even agree to another extension, which would have allowed for further negotiations before a mediator.
“We met with the owners until about 4 o’clock today,” union head DeMaurice Smith said outside the mediator’s office. “We discussed a proposal they had presented. At this time, significant differences continue to remain. We informed the owners that... if there was going to be a request for an extension, that we asked for 10 years of audited financial information to accompany that extension.”
"The NFL Players Association announced today it has informed the NFL, NFL clubs and other necessary parties that it has renounced its status as the exclusive collective bargaining re...

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