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Owners could end labor deal next week
NFL owners could opt out of their agreement with the players union next week, leaving open the possibility of a 2010 season without a salary cap. The labor agreement is on the agenda for the league meetings in Atlanta on Tuesday. "If they don't do it...Tags: New York Times, New England Patriots, Addiction, Labor Legislation, National Football League
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Union signs off on Ravens stadium improvements
The NFL Players Association last week signed off on a league waiver that will allow the Ravens to make $9 million in capital improvements to M&T Bank Stadium over a three-year period. Club president Dick Cass said the improvements actually began a year...Tags: Carolina Panthers, Atlanta Falcons, National Football League, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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NFL labor contract
NFL owners voted unanimously Tuesday to end their labor agreement with the players' union in 2011. The league and union, however, insisted the next three seasons won't be interrupted by a contract dispute and both sides are working toward a new deal. "We...Tags: Multi-Sport Events, Green Bay Packers, Contracts, Labor Legislation, New York Giants
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No strike fears — yet
Tribune reporterNFL owners voted unanimously Tuesday to opt out early from their collective bargaining agreement with the NFL Players Association. You have questions. We have answers. When do we have to start worrying about a strike? Not until 2011. There will be NFL...Tags: Wages and Pensions, Michael Vick, Brian Urlacher, Washington Redskins, Corporate Crime
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NFLPA set to rebut claims
Sun ReporterNFL Players Association chief Gene Upshaw says that some retired players' accounts of being rejected for disability benefits are rife with inaccuracies and that the union will begin a new effort today to defend itself. The union will announce a new Web...Tags: Minnesota Vikings, Injuries, Major League Baseball, Business Enterprises, Government
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No apologies from Upshaw
Sun reporterNFL Players Association chief Gene Upshaw offered no apologies yesterday for his combative comments about retired players who have criticized him. But, in a rare interview on the subject, Upshaw said he was committed to resolving some of their issues with...Tags: Wages and Pensions, National Government, Major League Baseball, Business Enterprises, Maxine Waters
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Upshaw asking Congress for help
Sun reporterNFL Players Association chief Gene Upshaw asked Congress yesterday for assistance in improving a disability benefits system that retired players say repeatedly let them down when they were poor and ailing from old football injuries. "We have made great...Tags: John Kerry, Laws, National Government, Labor Legislation, Injuries
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Elusive football lets baseball take steroid hit
During the news conference Thursday in which former Sen. George Mitchell unveiled his 409-page report on baseball's performance-enhancement scandal, I kept waiting for him to announce that he had been hired by the NFL to perform a similar investigation to...Tags: Standards, Addiction, Major League Baseball, Government, Epidemics and Plagues
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Benefits for ex-players to be reviewed
Sun ReporterA congressional committee says it has "serious questions" about the disability benefits system for NFL players and is asking the Congressional Research Service to conduct a study so lawmakers can determine whether a legislative remedy is needed. The...Tags: Research, Parliament, Injuries, National Government, Government
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'07's oral report
"She looked at me with this look, like, 'Mom, are you dumb or what?' She said, 'These are my friends. I want to be with them.'" Deborah McFadden, whose wheelchair athlete daughter, Tatyana, has challenged the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic...Tags: U.S. Open Golf, Lou Gehrig, Government, San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals
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