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I must agree that they will still be fighting this thing out in June. NFL is right back where it started before lockout began - Don Banks - SI.com
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I have been on the owners side on this, especially since they made some VERY major concessions on the last day of negotiatioins.
"Nelson could have ordered the league and the players back to the negotiating table, but instead urged them to return to talks while she decides whether to issue an injunction. That's a request sure to fall on deaf ears. The NFL has made it clear it has no interest in talking about settlement of the antitrust lawsuit the players filed, because it doesn't want to repeat history and forge a collective bargaining agreement out of a settlement negotiation, most likely giving the federal courts supervision over the CBA (see Doty, Judge David, 1993). The NFL wants a CBA crafted between it and its players in federal mediation, but free of the courts, like every other professional sports league."
Just great. Now I've flip-flopped back to pessimism again.
According to Adam Schefter, Judge Nelson has ordered the two sides back into mediation. So she could have done it and HAS DONE IT. Already, Banks' article is outdated.