NFL owners and players resumed negotiations on a new Collective Bargaining Agreement Friday morning in Minneapolis, multiple media outlets reported. Both sides reportedly met for more than 15 hours on Thursday.
Negotiations appeared stalled on Thursday. Multiple outlets reported the two sides were again struggling over how to divide the billions in revenue generated by the game. According to ESPN.com, which cited an unnamed "player source," owners, who had once offered players 48 percent of all revenue, made a different proposal last week, asking for a $400-500 million credit and then offering to split the revenue thereafter, which would reduce the players' take by about three percent. (Yahoo! Sports also reported that the owners had asked for the "expense credit" before dividing the revenue among both sides.) ESPN.com also reported Thursday that owners were "more flexible" on how to divide revenue in negotiations Thursday afternoon.
Negotiations between owners and players have increased in the last five weeks, and especially this week, with the scheduled opening of training camps and the preseason drawing ever nearer.
The way we see it
The volume and length of negotiations suggests both sides feel urgency to work toward a deal, but it's clear owners and players are still trying to resolve their differences, with division of revenue the primary concern, from all accounts.
Chandra West Kasey Chambers Megan Ewing Kristanna Loken Aubrey ODay
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