Sept. 4 (Bloomberg) -- The National Football League is advancing to play the 2010 division after a bacon cap because of the apathetic clip of talks with the players abutment about a new activity agreement.
“We accept a lot to do and a lot to address,” NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell told reporters bygone at the league’s New York headquarters. “Progress today is minimal.”
The aboriginal plan abeyance back 1987 may appear in 2011 afterward a accepted accommodation in May 2008 by aggregation owners to opt out of their activity accord with players. Unless a new accord is reached, the 2010 division will be played after the bacon cap, which stops affluent clubs from accession the best talent.
Goodell said he told NFL Players Association Executive Director DeMaurice Smith over cafeteria this anniversary that owners wish to alpha negotiating. There is no calendar for talks.
Owners wish a accord that recognizes the league’s alteration economics and provides for the amount of investment in accretion the sport, said Anthony Noto, the NFL’s arch banking officer.
The absolute accord gives players about 60 percent of the league’s $8 billion anniversary revenue. That’s unsustainable because of the ascent costs of active stadiums and added operations, owners said.
In 1993, if the activity acceding was originally reached, alone the Miami Dolphins’ amphitheater was abreast financed, said Jeff Pash, the NFL’s accepted counsel. Back then, owners accept invested billions in stadiums and face ascent costs for debt, aliment and basic improvements.
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