FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says there could be a new labor agreement in place by the Super Bowl “if we all commit to it and work hard at it.”
Following a day of meetings with NFL team owners, Goodell says he doesn’t think it is practical to expect negotiations to get serious enough fast enough for a deal to be in place by the end of the regular season on Jan. 2.
He adds league officials would “work night and day” to get something done. Goodell says the league has no deadline, but notes that the collective bargaining agreement expires March 4.
Goodell says it’s a good sign that the league and the NFL Players Association are talking. But he says it takes “productive dialogue” to get “real, significant progress on the key issues.”
