Looming Labor War A Sobering Thought At Super Bowl Party

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Reuters

DALLAS (Reuters) - The NFL's chief negotiator warned Wednesday that the clock is ticking down on reaching a new collective bargaining agreement, delivering a sobering message as the Super Bowl party gets set to kick into high gear.

Jeff Pash, the league's lead attorney and chief labor negotiator, challenged the NFL Players Association to get serious about negotiations or both sides risk devastating consequences.

"The point we have been trying to emphasize is that both sides have very substantial incentives to try and get an agreement done by March 4," Pash told reporters. "We know we will have adverse revenue affects and while revenue losses will be significant they will grow and they will be accumulative.

"We need to get busy and we need to get busy now."

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2011/02/02/sports/sports-us-nfl-superbowl-union.html?_r=1

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[CLANG]

1. They'd better get something done or Football is going to lose fans.

If there are no games next season, you'd better believe I'll be watching something else!!

[Blue_Tires]

2. posturing on both sides...no way will they slaughter the golden goose

I know people have short memories, but the baseball strike of '94 wasn't THAT long ago...

[Godhumor]

3. Just hold up the NHL as the shining example of what a lock-out can do

Little TV, little coverage on ESPN, etc.

Once people get used to not watching the NFL, not nearly as many people will come back. Moreover, I'm not sure TV stations will be as willing to pony up for huge TV contracts that leave them on the hook even when football is not being played.

This is a dance with fire, hopefully both sides realize that before things get truly out of hand.