[NFL] NFLPA's DeMaurice Smith Tutoring Players For CBA

After two months of visits with nearly every NFL team, Mr. Smith met Tuesday with the leagues player representatives to plot strategy for the upcoming negotiations in what may become the NFLs most intense labor standoff in two decades. Team owners last year set the stage for this showdown when they voted to terminate the current collective-bargaining agreement after the 2010 season, two years ahead of schedule. Owners say the players share of the pieabout 60% of total revenuesis too large and needs to be scaled back. There is an urgency, says New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees. Weve been in a period of labor peace for a long time, and this is the first time you really feel the potential for a battle.

Source: The Wall Street Journal