The NFL owners and the players continue to work their ways toward a new collective bargaining agreement, and negotiations are still ongoing. On Thursday, those talks will resume in Minnesota between NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and the owners with NFLPA director DeMaurice Smith and his players, as well as legal teams for both sides. This comes after just the legal teams for both sides having spent the last three days talking, according to the NFL Network’s Albert Breer.
NFL Lockout Update: Players, Owners Joining Thursday Labor Talks
After Goodell and Smith spoke to this year’s rookie class at a NFLPA Rookie symposium, there certainly is a strong public appearance of both sides mending fences. However, we have no real update on how the bargaining by both sides is going.
As Joel Thorman pondered in previous update, could it be possible that a new agreement is announced at the end of the weekend? Breer may be hinting at that:
The parties are only scheduled to meet Thursday for now, but preparations are being made to continue into Friday, if it’s deemed necessary, as the league-imposed lockout threatens to enter its fourth month.
Football fans may be able to rejoice soon, but they should continue to be cautious over all of this.
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