| National Football League | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoreboard | | | Stats | | | Standings | | | Teams | | | Players | | | Player News | | | Injuries | | | Transactions | | | Home |
NFL Headlines
- Packers lose Harris, Kampman for season
- Chiefs stun Steelers in overtime, 27-24
- Chargers rout Broncos to gain West lead
- Favre goes 22 of 25, throws 4 TDs in win
- Colts playing it close, but keep winning
- Steelers QB Batch may be out for season
- Redskins to place Betts, Rinehart on IR
- Cromartie suspect in San Diego bar fight
- Lions sell out Thanksgiving game
- Panthers LT Gross has broken leg
Goodell, Smith to join labor talks Wednesday
WASHINGTON (AP) NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith both are slated to participate in the league's latest round of labor negotiations.
Speaking after testifying before a House subcommittee Tuesday about a legal case involving two Minnesota Vikings players, Goodell told The Associated Press he would be present for Wednesday's talks in New York about a new collective bargaining agreement.
Goodell has not attended all of the sessions the league and union have held so far.
The NFL opted out of the collective bargaining agreement last year, although the contract won't expire until after the 2010 season. That season will not have a salary cap under the current CBA, and Smith has said he hopes to have an agreement before then.
The old contract was negotiated in 2006 by then-commissioner Paul Tagliabue and then-union head Gene Upshaw, who passed away last year.
Updated November 3, 2009
© 2009 by STATS LLC and Associated Press.Any commercial use or distribution without the express written consent of STATS LLC and Associated Press is strictly prohibited.
