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Source: NFL Owners May Halt Training Camp If Deal Isn't Reached

NFL team owners "might consider halting training camps if they and the league are unable to strike a deal" with the NFLPA on "economic issues related to a potential revenue decline this season," according to a source cited by Mark Maske of the WASHINGTON POST. The source said, "They could very well shut down the camps and send players home." Representatives of the NFL and the NFLPA negotiated Thursday, and while it is "not clear how much progress was made," there was "optimism that an agreement can be reached in the coming days." The urgency "could be increased now, given the threat by owners to shut down camps or make them entirely virtual to keep players off the field." Players have "begun to report to training camps to undergo coronavirus testing but have not been permitted to enter training facilities under the league’s protocols" (WASHINGTON POST, 7/24). ESPN.com's Dan Graziano cited sources as saying that NFLPA team player reps were "scheduled to convene on a conference call Friday morning as the players work to finalize an agreement with team owners on the rules and finances of the 2020 NFL season" (ESPN.com, 7/24). USA TODAY's Mike Jones writes the outcome of these negotiations will have "lasting implications that could greatly change the complexion of the league’s rosters and future free agent markets" (USA TODAY, 7/24).

SBJ Morning Buzzcast: March 25, 2024

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Big Get Jay Wright, March Madness is upon us and ESPN locks up CFP

On this week’s pod, our Big Get is CBS Sports college basketball analyst Jay Wright. The NCAA Championship-winning coach shares his insight with SBJ’s Austin Karp on key hoops issues and why being well dressed is an important part of his success. Also on the show, Poynter Institute senior writer Tom Jones shares who he has up and who is down in sports media. Later, SBJ’s Ben Portnoy talks the latest on ESPN’s CFP extension and who CBS, TNT Sports and ESPN need to make deep runs in the men’s and women's NCAA basketball tournaments.

SBJ I Factor: Nana-Yaw Asamoah

SBJ I Factor features an interview with AMB Sports and Entertainment Chief Commercial Office Nana-Yaw Asamoah. Asamoah, who moved over to AMBSE last year after 14 years at the NFL, talks with SBJ’s Ben Fischer about how his role model parents and older sisters pushed him to shrive, how the power of lifelong learning fuels successful people, and why AMBSE was an opportunity he could not pass up. Asamoah is 2021 SBJ Forty Under 40 honoree. SBJ I Factor is a monthly podcast offering interviews with sports executives who have been recipients of one of the magazine’s awards.

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