On Thursday, SB Nation held an exclusive interview with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. On Friday, SB Nation interviewed the NFLPA’s DeMaurice Smith to respond to Goodell.
Transcript: DeMaurice Smith And Takeo Spikes Interview With SB Nation
SB Nation NFL bloggers interviewed NFLPA leader DeMaurice Smith and LB Takeo Spikes on March 18th. Here is the transcript.
DeMaurice Smith and Takeo Spikes with SB Nation
Read Article >DeMaurice Smith: Jeff Pash Has A ‘Casual Relationship With The Truth’
There seems to be two different schools of thought on the offer the NFL made to the NFLPA before the two sides abandoned talks and moved forward with decertification and the lockout.
The NFL has made public some of the details in that offer and lead negotiator Jeff Pash indicated on Sirius NFL Radio this week that the offer was not necessarily a final offer.
Read Article >DeMaurice Smith Says Roger Goodell Should Negotiate With Players, Not Write Letters
On Thursday NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell sent a letter to all NFL players describing the proposal the owners made to the union last Friday before talks broke down and an NFL lockout was implemented. Many of the details in the letter had previously been made public by the league but the real story, in my mind, was that Goodell was bypassing DeMaurice Smith and going straight to the players.
Clearly, something like that won’t help the relationship between the players and owners and that relationship, where one side apparently feels slighted, is one of the major road blocks in these negotiations. Both sides seem to have issues communicating with each other effectively.
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