Last week there were several news sources revealed that both parties are privately secret negotiations; Then, today came news that both employers and employees has taken a logical step, the coordination of their third-party mediator to restart negotiations .
Today, both employers and employees have returned to the negotiating table to re-sit, as the purpose of both sides, on Friday there are two insiders familiar with alliance strategy revealed that the league wants to shut down the end of time, a good battle to keep the Christmas season.
According to Yahoo Sports reported that the United States on Tuesday to restart negotiations between employers and employees, and negotiations will continue this a few days. In the lockout lasted nearly five months after the matter has now become a legal issue, the negotiations will be to solve the problem in the form of litigation. So, you still have time to stop the end of time? Insiders insisted that if the two sides sincerely want to end the lockout, the two sides can reach an agreement soon.
Players union executive director Billy – Tuesday Hunt Thanksgiving turkey in the delivery of activities to participate when he said he expects both sides to federal court in Minnesota under the supervision of a magistrate to conduct a meeting, and this meeting may be the fastest appear in the next week. So, this weekend, if the lawyers of both parties in the recent series of negotiations to achieve a breakthrough, then shut down may be the beginning of the end of next week, leaving enough time to restart the new season before Christmas.
As of today, the Union president David – Stern has been eight days without comment in public, the league has not officially comment on the negotiations, but said they are still willing to solve the problem through negotiations. Not long ago, the players union has announced the publication of disclaimers, both sides will not be able to resolve stalled labor negotiations in the form of problems. If the parties can reach an agreement, then they have to submit the agreement to the players and 30 teams of owners to vote, all of which must be very fast speed, or alliances to keep the wishful thinking of the Christmas wars afraid to be dashed .
As the current situation in labor negotiations, in fact, before the two sides have been allocated in the proportion of BRI and reached consensus on the two sides have agreed to 50-50. But the issue between the parties in the system, there are still six differences, the most worried about is that employers compensate for the loss and hard-liners to make the proposal more demanding, but also because the players party hard-liners have already caused economic losses and may pay the high legal costs and refused to budge. However, the veteran antitrust litigator Jay – Hymes said that if both parties when negotiations broke down from the last node to restart negotiations, both sides can quickly solve the problem.
Hymes said: “I do not believe there will be dramatic changes in who their position and say, ‘Oh, the situation has undergone great changes,’ you can say, ‘Well, now is a legal issue, to an additional 15% of the players, because they hired a lawyer gold medal, ‘If they do, it sounds good, but when you walk into the conference room negotiations, things may not be accurate as you progress envisaged . ”
Previously, players party has filed suit against Union antitrust violations. Perhaps, if the new season canceled, the court may sentence the players $ 6 billion compensation employers may be the result of this will make players feel elated, but Hymes warned that the court’s ruling is likely day a kind, for the players , the stand on the court, the use of stop end of the proceedings, the final loss of an entire season is the worst solution.
Hymes said: “From the players point of view, if the season be canceled, then too bad for them, after all, the vast majority of people who have no other source of income if the league’s image because of the long shut down damaged, then they will get the opportunity to sponsor a lot less, because advertisers do not want the ball can be put into a damaged brand image of the league, so this is for the players is undoubtedly a disaster, and I sure they do not want to see dry the new season was cut down. ”
In addition, at present, employers are also simmering inside, in fact, big market teams and small market teams still exist differences of opinion between. An informed source said the recent employers within an internal meeting have been convened to discuss how to put more money to small market teams who help them. Currently, the new season at stake, but employers are still not within reach agreement on revenue sharing. Hymes and he said: “I am sure this will affect the employer’s position in the negotiations, when they dropped players back to their room, they began to argue the money would come from, where to the problem. ”
Most importantly, urging both sides to restart talks largest and most brutal driving force, both sides can not control the calendar. If the parties in accordance with NFL players sued the pace before the alliance, they will need at least three months. By that time, the Christmas war is just a distant memory, but will also be forced to cancel the entire season.
Therefore, now is the best time to save the new season.