NFL, NFLPA To Hold Second Formal CBA Bargaining Session On July 14

The NFL and the NFLPA will hold their second formal bargaining session for a new labor deal for players next Tuesday in DC, where the union is headquartered, sources said. The first official bargaining session under NFLPA Exec Dir DeMaurice Smith was held on June 3 in N.Y. Next week's meeting is not expected to produce any news, as both sides have agreed to keep talks confidential, as is common in the early stages of bargaining. The NFL CBA expires in '11. If there is no deal by March, the '10 season will operate without a salary cap (Liz Mullen, SportsBusiness Journal).

Light Believes NFL Is Doing More Listening Under Goodell

SOLID LEADERSHIP: In Portland, John Canzano writes Goodell "has character and a sense of social responsibility." Canzano: "It's the job of the NFL commissioner to uphold the integrity of the league, and to run a healthy business model, and for those reasons I'm convinced he's exactly what sports needs." Goodell is "more connected with regular Americans" than NBA Commissioner David Stern, and he is "less compromised" than MLB Commissioner Bud Selig. Goodell is "busy demonstrating what we should come to expect from the people in prominent positions in business and society -- leadership" (Portland OREGONIAN, 7/8).

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