The owners and players coming to a new labor agreement and ending the NFL lockout isn’t as easy as signing off on a few papers and getting back to football. There are a couple of court cases remaining -- the Brady vs. NFL antitrust lawsuit as well as the TV damages case -- that have yet to be decided and could ultimately delay our return to football.
NFL Lockout: Sides Hope To Reach ‘Global Settlement’
According to an ESPN report, the owners and players are hoping to work out a “global settlement” that would result in all those cases being dropped if a new collective bargaining agreement is reached.
A global settlement would mean that those two cases, along with the retired players’ lawsuit and all other legal issues, would be dropped if the players ratify a new collective bargaining agreement, which is expected to cover the next 10 seasons. That would be the quickest way to get the lockout lifted.
There were reports a few weeks ago that, whenever the lockout ends, it would be another 7-10 days before football can return because of these outstanding court cases. The global settlement would essentially mean a quicker return to football.
Stay tuned for more NFL lockout news.
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