NEW YORK (AP) — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell again has urged the owners and players to go back to mediation toward ending the current labor stoppage.
Appearing on NFL Network, Goodell says: “I couldn’t get off this show fast enough to get to mediation.” But he seems resigned to that not happening until after a U.S. District Court judge in Minneapolis rules on the players’ request for an injunction to stop the lockout that began Saturday.
Goodell also says “there’s unfortunately been very limited contact” with the NFL Players Association, which dissolved as a union when talks broke down last Friday. He repeats Tuesday that the owners provided more financial information to the players than ever before, including some data not made available to the 32 clubs.
