WASHINGTON (AP) – Commissioner Roger Goodell and the NFL’s negotiating team has arrived at a federal mediator’s headquarters 15 hours before the collective bargaining agreement expires.
Staring at the first pro football work stoppage since 1987, Goodell says Thursday morning, “We’re working hard.”
Also on hand for the NFL are lead negotiator Jeff Pash, outside counsel Bob Batterman, New York Giants owner John Mara, Green Bay Packers president Mark Murphy, and several other league executives. Mara and Murphy are members of the league’s labor committee, which has the authority to call for a lockout if a new agreement isn’t reached by midnight.
Union negotiators are expected to arrive soon.
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