NFL News
Playoff Schedule Set
The playoff matchups have been finalized. The Jets will face New England in Foxboro on Sunday January 7th. The game will be on CBS at 1 pm. The Jets beat the Patriots in their last matchup. Here is the complete playoff breakdown: Saturday, January 6 4:30 p.m. on NBC — Kansas City Chiefs (9-7) at… Read more
Goodell chosen as NFL's new commissioner
Courtesy of NFL.com – NORTHBROOK, Ill. (Aug. 8, 2006) — The transition was swift and smooth — and unanimous. Roger Goodell, who never stopped rising through the ranks during his lifelong devotion to the NFL, was chosen by the league’s 32 owners Tuesday in a vote that took only three hours to complete. Favored for… Read more
Owners approve six-year CBA extension
NFL.com wire reports GRAPEVINE, Texas (March 8, 2006) — Labor peace was restored to the NFL when the owners agreed to the players union’s proposal, extending the collective bargaining agreement for six years. There were no further details on the agreement, or whether it includes expanded revenue sharing. The vote was 30-2, with Buffalo and… Read more
Owners to vote on latest labor proposal
NFL.com wire reports GRAPEVINE, Texas (March 7, 2006) — The extension of the NFL’s labor agreement is now up to the owners. That’s exactly what the players have been expecting all along. The owners meet March 7 at the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport to vote whether to accept the latest proposal given them by the NFL… Read more
Labor talks between NFL, players union resume
NFL.com wire reports NEW YORK (March 3, 2006) –Talks between the NFL and its players union resumed the afternoon of March 3, minus the rhetoric that has characterized earlier discussions. That was perhaps a sign that the sides take seriously the ramifications of beginning free agency without a new deal — something that was seven… Read more
Owners break off talks with players union
From NFL.com Wire Reports NFL owners voted unanimously Thursday to break off talks with the players’ union on a contract extension, leaving the current salary cap in place with the start of free agency looming – and possibly forcing the mass dumping of veterans. “The situation is about as dire as dire can be,” commissioner… Read more
