BREAKING NEWS: That sound you hear are the networks and cable channels (and fans) breathing a sigh of relief because now it looks like there will be football for the fall TV season after all. That is, if the players approve the new collective-bargaining agreement. Today the National Football League team owners approved a deal that could end the four-month lockout, the first since 1987, and allow the upcoming 2011-2012 season to proceed.
Editor-in-Chief Nikki Finke - tip her here.


I’m not holding my breath. The players seem to be dragging their feet, as some of them seem to want more from the owners. I’m not counting on a vote today from the players, but we’ll see…
Who cares – just more soap opera drama, just like the budget lockout in Wash. DC – it always gets resolved – btw, the NBA = same plot, different acronym!
Let’s go RAMS!!!! Come back home to where you belong!
Rams Baby!!!!!
SJ39 is my producing partner
Not So Fast – the players are balking……
YAAAAAAY!!!!!!
Let’s get ready for the wildest free agency period ever!!!!
Nikki, there’s still work to be done as the players have to recertify to form their union once again and to settle antitrust suits and the players’ lawsuits against the league, but it is a first step towrads something. Predicting it will all get ratified by the month’s end and the business of football begins the first week of August.