March 12th, 2011 
Matt Loede 
Posted in The NFL officially announced a lockout of players by team owners following the move by the players’ union to dissolve themselves and pursue action against the league in the courts, the league said in a statement on Saturday. A lockout effectively closes down the league’s activities and will halt any trade activities and any other [...]
Archive for March, 2011
NFL Statement on the Union Announcing They are Decertified
Below is the NFL’s statement put out on the Union announcing they are officially decertified. The fastest way to a fair agreement is for both the union and the clubs to continue the mediation process. Unfortunately, the players’ union has notified our office that at 4pm ET it had “decertified” and is walking away from [...]
NFL To Officially Announce A Lockout Tonight
Hours after the NFLPA went nuclear and decertified, Adam Schefter of ESPN is reporting that the NFL will announce a lockout tonight and if that’s the case, it will be up to the courts to decide what happens next. The prevention of players from playing is the NFL’s ultimate leverage while the players’ ultimate leverage [...]
Former NFL TE Jean Fugett skpye Rant on NFL with SportCE
Jean Fugett, former President of the Retired Players Steering Committee of the NFLPA talks with SportCE about the latest on the NFL’s Collective Bargaining Agreement on March 11st, 2011. They talk about the deadline passing and The NFLPA filing today to decertify, effectively disbanding the union after failing to reach a labor deal with NFL [...]
Tags: NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell Sends Out an Email to NFL Fans
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell sent out the following email earlier this evening about the unions decision as of 5pm EST today to decertify as the 7 day extension passed without a new CBA agreement. Dear NFL Fan, When I wrote to you last on behalf of the NFL, we promised you that we would work [...]
As Deadline Passes, Union Files to Decertify
The NFL Players Association has filed papers to decertify, effectively disbanding the union and giving it the chance to sue under antitrust laws if there is a lockout. “The NFLPA will move forward as a professional trade association with the mission of supporting the interests and rights of current and former professional football players,” the [...]
HOF QB Warren Moon Thinks the Titans Should Take Cam Netwon
Former Oilers QB Warren Moon wants a fresh start at the QB spot for the Titans, and he is speaking out stating that new coach Mike Munchak should draft Cam Newton. Jim Wyatt of the Tennessean reports that Moon plans on speaking to Munchak about taking a long look at Newton. “I first wanted to [...]
Panthers Seeing Too Many Flaws in Missouri QB Gabbert?
Don Banks of Sports Illustrated reports that league source threw a little water on his projection of Missouri quarterback Blaine Gabbert to the Panthers at No. 1. He said Carolina doesn’t really love Gabbert at this point, and doesn’t feel as if he’s accurate enough outside of the hash marks and deep downfield. Then again, [...]
