Goodell: Slow labor negotiations likely mean no salary cap in 2010
NEW YORK -- No NFL salary cap next season seems like a foregone conclusion to commissioner Roger Goodell. Without any substantive negotiations toward a new collective bargaining agreement, Goodell said Thursday that team owners are preparing for an uncapped 2010 season, the final year of the current deal that they opted out of last year.
"Because of the timing, we recognize there's a strong reality there will be an uncapped year, and the owners have planned for it," Goodell said. "What the owners' intent is is to get an agreement."
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Goodell: Slow labor negotiations likely mean no salary cap in 2010
NEW YORK -- No NFL salary cap next season seems like a foregone conclusion to commissioner Roger Goodell. Without any substantive negotiations toward a new collective bargaining agreement, Goodell said Thursday that team owners are preparing for an uncapped 2010 season, the final year of the current deal that they opted out of last year.
"Because of the timing, we recognize there's a strong reality there will be an uncapped year, and the owners have planned for it," Goodell said. "What the owners' intent is is to get an agreement."
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Goodell: Slow labor negotiations likely mean no salary cap in 2010