Goodell: No-Cap Season Strong Possibility
NEW YORK--NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said here Thursday there's a strong possibility that the league will have a season without a salary cap in 2010.
Goodell called that a "strong reality."
Asked why, he said "because of the progress to date" in labor negotiations between the league and the players' union.
The current labor deal between the league's franchise owners and the players expires following the 2010 season. The 2009 season is the final one in the agreement with a salary cap.
The two sides have had two formal bargaining sessions since March. Goodell met this week in Washington with DeMaurice Smith, the executive director of the NFL Players Association.
Smith has said the union is wary that the owners are preparing to lock out the players in 2011.
Goodell reiterated Thursday that the owners are interested in reaching an agreement to avoid a work stoppage.
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Mark Maske
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September 3, 2009; 5:11 PM ET
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