NFL Lockout: New “Plan” Gives Football a Chance to Resume Next Week

July 23, 2011   ·   Wes O'Donnell   ·   Jump to comments

We could have football as early as next weekend according to a report from ESPN.
John Clayton and Chris Mortensen contributed to a report that states:
NFL owners and players have tentatively agreed to a plan that would allow for the players' executive committee to vote on Monday to recommend accepting the CBA and recertifying as a union, a source said Saturday.
Under the plan, players would begin reporting to training camps as early as Wednesday to physically vote on whether to recertify, with the hope that it will be done by Friday at the earliest, the source said.
Obviously any progress is good progress at this point, but this "plan" is a brilliant idea for two reasons.
One, in order for the players' union to recertify, they have to get the players to all sign documents, and with the players scattered across the country in different locations, there is no telling how long that process could take.
Two, once voted on, the players will already be in the pla...

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