The deadline is nearing for the NFL Players, and Owners to agree on terms for a new labor contract before preseason games will be missed. The first game to affected is the annual Hall of Fame Game, scheduled for August 7th between the Chicago Bears, and the St. Louis Cardinals. Right now the NFL Players, and Owners are working on the framework of the new Collective Bargaining Agreement, but time is arriving quickly before the training camp reporting date nears. We're already into the first week of July and an official labor deal hasn't been agreed on between the two sides. Players and Owners are meeting in New York City this week to iron out the final parameters of the labor contract. Lawyers from both sides are attempting to draw up documentation for the half a dozen issues that both sides have been negotiating. The theory is that it will take two weeks to finalize paperwork once both sides come to an agreement.
My opinion is that both sides seem to be very close to meeting one another eye to eye on a final agreement. A nine billion dollar a year business that is in the homes of millions of Americans every week needs time to iron out differences that will be in agreement for the next 6 to 10 years. The back and forth leveraging that takes place is normal in these type of negotiations where 1 percentage point in a deal can add up to millions of dollars in the labor contract. The dotting of the I's, and crossing of the T's will seem like one is attempting to pull out teeth but it should be the final stage of the starting point to a 2011 NFL season. The NFL has become America's pastime and if we just wait out this last couple of weeks we should see the great game back out on the field.
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