The Facts:
Following up on the ongoing story. ... Next season almost certainly would be played without a salary cap if NFL players succeed in their attempt to lift the lockout put in place by team owners.
Reported by the Washington Post
Fantasy Football Diehards Line:
Players are seeking an injunction in federal court in Minneapolis to try to lift the lockout, which went into effect Saturday after labor talks between the league and union collapsed Friday. Players decertified their union Friday and filed a 52-page antitrust lawsuit against the owners. If that injunction request by the players is granted, the sport would reopen for business and the league would have to put work rules in place. Sources from throughout the sport on both sides of the dispute told Post staffer Mark Maske over the weekend that the system the league would enact at that point would be very likely to be the same system that was in effect last season, when there was no salary cap in the final year of the just-expired labor agreement between the NFL and the players’ union. According to Maske, those on the players’ side said Friday they expected a ruling to be made on their request for an injunction within three to four weeks (other say even sooner). ... The bottom line? Assuming the lockout is lifted (and it stands up to appeal), it seems all but certain we'll have a 2011 season.
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