Be-laboring the point

[The_Philster]

Nobody should panic and start making plans just yet for NFL-less Sundays in the fall of 2008, but still there continue to be gathering storm clouds on the horizon in regards to the league's efforts to negotiate an extension of the collective bargaining agreement with the players union.

An NHL-like work stoppage in the offing when the current CBA ends after what promises to be a chaotic un-capped season in 2007?..more (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/writers/don_banks/03/16/labor.notes/index.html)

[G. Host]

There are some teams (Washington) which are depending upon an uncapped year to balance their books. Unfortunately they are also the teams which NFLPA is demanding concessions (unshared revenues) of so it is in their interest to have an uncapped year and not come to settlement. This is going to be a lot rougher than they realize.