NFL Players Say Goodell Attempted to 'Divide'

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

MARCO ISLAND, Fla. (AP) - NFL players and their leadership tried to make a few things perfectly clear Friday:

They consider the letter Commissioner Roger Goodell sent them a day earlier an attempt to create "dissension."

They refute the league's contention that the union walked away from negotiations.

They dispute the owners' depiction of their last-minute offer made last Friday. They say it wasn't close to acceptable because it would have made salaries a fixed cost and eliminated the players' chance to share in higher-than-projected revenue growth. They say the proposal would cut players' take of more than $9 billion in annual revenues from 50 percent to 45 percent in the first year of a new contract.


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[Hubert Flottz]

1. So the owners want a raise and they want the players to pay for it?

That's "The GAME" in progress nationwide, as I type. It's called Wisconsin syndrome and it's a virulent and CONtagious malady. It's the reverse Robin hood playbook of team Rabid Reagan Right, on steroids. The Mothers of All Union Busters(MAUB of America)would swoon in these troubled times.