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Labor issues and the NFL
I think the media will be at the OTA today so I’m waiting for a report out of them. In the meantime, the opting-out of the CBA by the owners is the big story. The owners have a few issues that are rankling them, including the cost of labor and the rising costs of real-estate/stadiums etc....
Breaking: NFL owners opt out of labor deal
The official statement from the NFL "The NFL earns very substantial revenues. But the clubs are obligated by the CBA to spend substantially more than half their revenues…on player costs. In addition, as we have explained to the union, the clubs must spend significant and growing...
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