Union Still Wants More Financial Info From NFL

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By HOWARD FENDRICH

WASHINGTON (AP) - Zeroing in on the crux of the NFL's labor dispute - how to split $9 billion in revenues - players' union executive committee member Scott Fujita said Tuesday the financial information turned over by the league so far "hasn't been sufficient."

Fujita, a Cleveland Browns linebacker, said the NFL Players Association has retained an international investment bank to help interpret what data the league does provide.

"It's tough when you've got basically just a brief summary or a snapshot of all the information," Fujita said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press and NFL Network. "That doesn't satisfy what any competent business person would want to see."

Fujita attended mediation sessions last month as part of the NFLPA negotiating team. He was not present Tuesday, the 13th day that Commissioner Roger Goodell and union executive director DeMaurice Smith went to the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service office for talks on a new collective bargaining agreement.


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DeMaurice Smith, executive director of the NFL Players Association, left, and Charlie Batch, quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers, walk to negotiations with the NFL involving a federal mediator in Washington, Tuesday, March 8, 2011 (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

[SkyDaddy7]

1. The NFL Players seem to be giving like the Unions in WI...

From what I understand the Players are willing to give the Owners much of what they are asking for as long as the Owners open up their books to show why they need the extra money...But the Owners want all or nothing. The Unions in WI were willing to give the Republicans everything they asked for except their rights to CB.

I know the two are really not the same as one group is struggling to survive & the other has more money than they know what to do with!

Anyone who knows more about the NFL dealings please enlighten me!

[SkyDaddy7]

2. The NFL Players seem to be giving like the Unions in WI...

From what I understand the Players are willing to give the Owners much of what they are asking for as long as the Owners open up their books to show why they need the extra money...But the Owners want all or nothing. The Unions in WI were willing to give the Republicans everything they asked for except their rights to CB.

I know the two are really not the same as one group is struggling to survive & the other has more money than they know what to do with!

Anyone who knows more about the NFL dealings please enlighten me!