Posted on 07/25/2011 12:24:48 PM PDT by Justaham
Now it can be said with certainty: Get ready for some football!
NFL players voted to OK a final deal Monday, days after the owners approved a tentative agreement, and the sides finally managed to put an end to the 4½-month lockout, the longest work stoppage in league history.
"This is a long time coming, and football's back," NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said, "and that's the great news for everybody."
At a joint appearance outside the NFL Players Association headquarters, Goodell and NFLPA head DeMaurice Smith were flanked by some of the owners and players who were involved in the talks. They spoke shortly after the NFLPA executive board and 32 team reps voted unanimously to approve the terms of a deal.
"We didn't get everything that either side wanted ... but we did arrive at a deal that we think is fair and balanced," Smith said.
Owners overwhelmingly approved a proposal Thursday, but some unresolved issues still needed to be reviewed to satisfy players; the owners do not need to vote again.
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Take it with a grain of salt the next time the players spout off about union solidarity etc.
The minute the union became a stumbling block they decertified it. The legal reasons are irrelevant; the fact remains that their precious brotherhood was and is disposable.
My fantasy football season is saved.
The players were inclined not to have a union. Part of the owners demand for ending the lockout was that the players recertify.
their “union brotherhood” went by the waysides the day Mark Gastineau crossed the picket lines back in ‘87.
a gold mine.
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