NFL Making Recommendations About Alcohol Distribution To Fans

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AGREE TO DISAGREE: NFL Exec VP & General Counsel Jeff Pash Thursday said that the league "remains profitable and that the last thing owners want is to lock out the players in 2011." Pash: "The notion that our goal is to shut down the NFL is nonsense." He added that a work stoppage "would be 'very costly' for owners and players and predicted that both sides would strike a deal over the next two seasons." Pash indicated that the NFL "isn't demanding a cut in players' salaries but rather is seeking a lasting deal before the current contract expires in 2011." He said that players "need to realize that football's business model has changed radically since the current contract was first negotiated in 1993." NFLPA officials contend that if current economic conditions are "so bad for small owners, then the NFL should show them audited financial statements proving it, something the NFL refuses to do." Pash said that the union "already has enough information on the teams' finances and that owners unanimously voted to squash the old contract for a reason" (Pittsburgh TRIBUNE-REVIEW, 8/21). Meanwhile, NFLPA Exec Dir DeMaurice Smith Thursday indicated that the NFL's discipline procedure is something he "wants to discuss with the league when the sides open talks" regarding a new CBA. Smith: "The disciplinary system is something, now that we're forced to come to the bargaining table, it will be something I'm interested in talking about because I have very strong feelings about the way the discipline system is now and the players have equally strong feelings" (N.Y. POST, 8/21).

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