The Facts:
Locked in a multibillion dollar staredown, the NFL and the players’ union were expected to resume mediation Thursday morning, 15 hours before the current collective bargaining agreement expires.
Reported by the Associated Press
Fantasy Football Diehards Line:
The sides have met for nine days before federal mediator George Cohen, with no reports of significant progress. As previously noted, the two sides talked for four hours Wednesday, before the NFL contingent departed to attend a meeting of the 32 teams’ owners at a hotel 25 miles away. Wednesday evening, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, two members of the owners’ labor committee and two top lawyers for the league returned to meet with Cohen at his office. The NFL Players Association was not present for that meeting. ... NFL general counsel and lead labor negotiator Jeff Pash reiterated early Wednesday that it is possible that the league and union could agree to extend the deadline for arriving at a new CBA. “We have to see where we are. We’ve said that’s an option. We’re not taking anything off the table,” Pash said. ... Stay tuned.
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