NFL Baseball – League, Players Working To Make Sure Training Camp Is Not Affected
Posted June 30, 2011 – 10:42 pm in: Sports NewsThe National Football League lockout could come to an end in the next couple of weeks, with the prospect that not a single preseason game or training camp is not affected. While this is now the longest lockout in the history of the sport, it hasn’t had a direct effect on a loss of games for the coming season, with the league and players now working around the betting clock to make sure that a deal gets done in time.
The fact that league commissioner Roger Goodell and players association head DeMaurice Smith were both on hand at the rookie symposium convention to address the new players is something that has provided a good amount of optimism that the two sides are close to a deal. That is something that would have been unheard of when the NFLPA decertified over a month ago, but with the two sides holding secret meetings around the country this past couple of weeks they have been able to make significant progress. Those meetings will continue this week at unknown locations as they try to stay out of the media spotlight and hammer out the framework for a deal, with the goal being to at least provide the team’s with a week-long free agency period to get the over 200 sports betting bonus players currently without a contract signed to a deal before a training camp gets underway in the next couple of weeks.
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