Following the 2010 season, fans of American football were left wondering if there would even be a 2011 season to look forward to. The Collective Bargaining Agreement, or CBA, had expired. This was the structure in place between NFL owners and the players union. The 2011 NFL Monday Night Football schedule was released in the spring but fans were left to wonder if the games would be played.
The two sides were in court in spring as a new agreement could not be reached. Owners wanted to expand the regular season schedule to 17 or 18 games from the current 16 game schedule with fewer pre-season games. Owners also wanted a restructuring of the pay scale, especially to first year players. The players union and the owners also could not decide how to divide the 8-9 billion dollars in revenue, with the owners wanting to keep a higher percentage then they had in the past.
But as summer came, word began to leak that the sides were making progress on a new agreement, perhaps fearing the loss of revenue they would incur if the lockout wore on into fall. Empty stadiums and no games on television would have been a no win situation for both sides, prompting renewed urgency to strike a deal by the end of June.
A labor agreement by the end of June could lead to a busy month of July for players and teams. Teams would be rushed to make trades and sign free agent players. Players would have a shorter than usual time to get ready for the start of the regular season in September.
Fans fearing the loss of the 2011 season could finally breathe a sigh of relief if a new labor agreement is in place by the end of June. Football fans could finally look forward to the coming season and the return of NFL Monday Night Football.
In all there have been 643 games played on Monday Night Football. Another common matching is Dallas versus Washington, who have played fourteen times on MNF. Those games draw large audiences with both teams large fan bases and interest from fans of other teams throughout the country.
The two sides were in court in spring as a new agreement could not be reached. Owners wanted to expand the regular season schedule to 17 or 18 games from the current 16 game schedule with fewer pre-season games. Owners also wanted a restructuring of the pay scale, especially to first year players. The players union and the owners also could not decide how to divide the 8-9 billion dollars in revenue, with the owners wanting to keep a higher percentage then they had in the past.
But as summer came, word began to leak that the sides were making progress on a new agreement, perhaps fearing the loss of revenue they would incur if the lockout wore on into fall. Empty stadiums and no games on television would have been a no win situation for both sides, prompting renewed urgency to strike a deal by the end of June.
A labor agreement by the end of June could lead to a busy month of July for players and teams. Teams would be rushed to make trades and sign free agent players. Players would have a shorter than usual time to get ready for the start of the regular season in September.
Fans fearing the loss of the 2011 season could finally breathe a sigh of relief if a new labor agreement is in place by the end of June. Football fans could finally look forward to the coming season and the return of NFL Monday Night Football.
In all there have been 643 games played on Monday Night Football. Another common matching is Dallas versus Washington, who have played fourteen times on MNF. Those games draw large audiences with both teams large fan bases and interest from fans of other teams throughout the country.
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