NFL Players' Union Files Collusion Claim

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

WASHINGTON (AP) - The NFL players' union confirms it has filed a collusion claim against the league's owners.

The case has been filed with the same special master who is considering the union's complaint about the league's TV contracts.

In December, the league and the players' union agreed to extend the deadline to file a collusion claim.

Union spokesman George Atallah says Tuesday he can't comment on details of the collusion claim.

Read more: http://sports.excite.com/news/01182011/v0927.html

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Note this is a labor story, not a sports story.

[Monsoon]

1. Any idea why the league and the union would agree

to an extension of the filing deadline? On the surface it doesn't make sense for the owners.

[Lucky Luciano]

2. Players could probably force an extension with the arbitrators if the owners are not cooperative. nt

[Roy Rolling]

3. more

time for the owners to generate phony losses and hide assets and profits ;-)

[Missy Vixen]

4. Owners will have a tough time doing that

There's too much publicly available about the financial juggernaut that is the NFL for the vast majority of owners to claim they're suffering losses.

:woohoo: