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Playoffs OT proposal to be considered

Associated Press

NFL owners will vote next week whether to allow each team a possession in overtime in the playoffs if the team winning the OT coin toss kicks a field goal on the first series.

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NEW YORK — NFL owners will vote next week whether to allow each team a possession in overtime in [...]

Uncapped free agency begins but owners could hold back

By Jon Saraceno, USA TODAY

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When the clock struck midnight Friday, teams were permitted to chase free agents. How far teams were willing to pursue players was another matter.

Bidding wars are not expected. In the last year of a collective bargaining agreement, there is no salary cap for the upcoming season. Many veterans [...]

Smith says deal unlikely by deadline

Associated Press

NFL Players Association Executive Director DeMaurice Smith, right, says not to expect professional football in 2011.

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NEW YORK — NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith sent a memo to players and their agents Tuesday, telling them it is likely no new collective bargaining agreement will be reached and the upcoming season will [...]

Roger Goodell gets contract through 2015

Associated Press

Roger Goodell made just south of $10 million last season, of which $2.9 million was salary and $6.55 million was bonus and incentive compensation.

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NEW YORK (AP) — NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has been given a new five-year contract as the league heads into a key period of labor negotiations that could lead [...]

Player salaries will grow in new deal

Associated Press

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell predicts players' salaries will still grow under a new labor agreement

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MIAMI — NFL commissioner Roger Goodell predicts players’ salaries will still grow under a new labor agreement, even if their share of revenue is reduced as owners have proposed.

Appearing Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation” hours before the [...]

NFL wants labor progress

Associated Press

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — NFL commissioner Roger Goodell wants to see more progress in labor talks between the league and players’ union.

Speaking Friday at his annual state-of-the-league address during Super Bowl week, Goodell said fans “expect solutions … and we should deliver” on a new collective bargaining agreement.

The NFL Players Association said Thursday [...]

Great unknown awaits NFL concerning labor showdown

Associated Press

Tennessee Titans center Kevin Mawae (68) is shown in an NFL football game against the Minnesota Vikings in Nashville, Tenn. Without a deal in the next five weeks to preserve the labor peace that has lasted in the NFL since a bad month in 1987, next season will have no salary cap. Mawae, [...]