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NFL Owners and Commissioner Goodell Secretly Meet
By: Derek Havens

Several reports, including ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter, stated that select high profile team owners and NFL commissioner Robert Goodell met secretly in Chicago to discuss the lockout strategy. ...

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Patjew

Big secret.

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supafly

Yeah, really. More posturing from both sides, with even more to come. This is absolutely 100% ridiculous. Hopefully, maybe they went over some sort of 'plan' today, as to what they're going to try to do to get back to playing football before it's too late, however I wouldn't bet on it.

DarrylS

At least they are doing something besides waiting for Courts to decide their fate... take control of the situation and resolve this mess.

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PatsFans.com Article

NFL Owners and Commissioner Goodell Secretly Meet
By: Derek Havens

Several reports, including ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter, stated that select high profile team owners and NFL commissioner Robert Goodell met secretly in Chicago to discuss the lockout strategy....

CLICK HERE TO READ THIS STORY

Sean Pa Patriot

more like a legion of doom meeting... the owners know what is coming.. Dmoroon Smith will fight till the end and rodger fooldell is a puppet for jones and kraft... i was optimistic that this would get settled by now, but if we are sitting here one month from now with the same nonsense.., there going to miss at least half the season and by then... what is the point...

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We going to take it one game at a time

RhodyPatriot

Couldn't agree more supafly.
Hope they realize they haven't even begun to feel the wrath of fans. If this continues into August people are going to start to get really really pissed off.

RelocatedPatFan

And if we start to miss games, I wonder how much of that 9 billion dollar pie gets cut out (meaning how much of the nfl earnings is already guaranteed or expected based on fan turnout in stadiums ot how much effect can we the consumer have on that 9 billion).

i think that's part of what the owners are trying to brace themselves against (taking the extra 1 billion or negotiated portion thereof) is the operating expenses and the potential reduction in earnings.

While the players do have physical risk (and in some cases -- Ted johnson -- their post carerr life is a mess), their financial risk is minimal compared to what the owners have risked. As well as the litigation it seems to be more a game of chicken to see who blinks first. Why can't they meet without the lawyers?

PatriotsInGA

Well the court date is really the last chance in the near future to get a deal done, so this kind of meeting shows that they want to get a deal done soon.

Rob0729

According to both Schefter and Mortensen, DeMaurice Smith was in attendance at that not so secret meeting with the owners in the Chicago. Good to see that both sides are meeting without the press and without the courts forcing them. Could be a positive sign that a deal may be coming.

The owners have been putting out messages that July 4th is the cut off date to get a deal done and still have a free agency and a proper preseason. I guess that may be what they are working towards get a deal done.

It would be ironic because most of the month of July is typically the deadest period in the calendar year, but it now could be the most active of this offseason.