NFL Special Report

Fantasy football industry welcomes the reality of a new season

Journal - 08/01/2011

After a lockout-induced hiatus, the fantasy football industry roared back to life last week and is now eyeing another increase in user participation and revenue. During the four-month NFL lockout, few fantasy football operators made any significant efforts to sign up users. Many print magazines, such as the...

Former NFL exec offers league some advice

Journal - 08/01/2011

The NFL lockout has...

How Twitter shaped coverage of labor talks

Journal - 08/01/2011

The NFL lockout and...

So now you wish you were a second-round draft pick ... ?

Journal - 08/01/2011

Some agents and other industry insiders were considering the possibility last week that it might be better, under the new rookie pay system, for top college football players to be selected in the second round of the NFL’s annual draft instead of the first round. As analysts were...

NFL players see potential revenue win

Journal - 08/01/2011

NFL players could actually be better off under a new economic system in which they are paid a percentage of all revenue than they would have been had they kept the old system in place, player representatives said last week. ...

Other leagues watched and learned as the NFL's labor situation unfolded

Journal - 08/01/2011

The impact of the NFL’s new labor deal is reverberating across other sports, as experts look for lessons to be learned from the four-month lockout. In the NBA, where the league’s work stoppage rolls into its second month, it’s football’s new revenue-sharing structure that is drawing close scrutiny....

Thursday night TV package, equity in NFL Network in play

Journal - 08/01/2011

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell last week had informal conversations with TV network executives interested in a new eight-game Thursday night TV package. Negotiations will heat up over the next two weeks, and TV network executives are expecting the future of the NFL Network to play a significant part...

Key points during the 4 1/2-month NFL labor standoff

Journal - 08/01/2011

The NFL lockout began on March 12, shortly after the NFL Players Association decertified and funded a players’ antitrust lawsuit against the league. It ended at 10 a.m. ET July 26. Here are some of the key points during the 4 1/2-month labor standoff. ■ ...

Done deal: What's next for NFL

Journal - 08/01/2011

Before NFL owners reached a new labor agreement with the players last week, they made a key change in their system to aid teams in need that will result in wealthier clubs paying less to low-revenue ones, an important element of the new collective-bargaining agreement that is expected to...

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NFL Special Report

Fantasy football industry welcomes the reality of a new season

Former NFL exec offers league some advice

How Twitter shaped coverage of labor talks

So now you wish you were a second-round draft pick ... ?

NFL players see potential revenue win

Other leagues watched and learned as the NFL's labor situation unfolded

Thursday night TV package, equity in NFL Network in play

Key points during the 4 1/2-month NFL labor standoff

Done deal: What's next for NFL

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