Here’s how Florio summarized the latest letter writing campaign between the NFLPA* and NFL: “One side continues to speak French while the other side is speaking German at a time when both sides need to find a way to get back to English.”
They can’t even agree on a translator.
Mark Maske of the Washington Post reports that the players are not interested in the league’s offer to resume talks with federal mediator George Cohen. They feel that talks with Cohen were unproductive last time and would likely be unproductive again.
That’s no surprise, because it’s been their position for weeks.
The NFL doesn’t want to enter mediation under the watch of the federal court in Minnesota, despite Judge Susan Nelson’s encouragement to do so. That’s no surprise either, because they have made it clear they don’t want to negotiate a settlement in the Brady antitrust case.
The only surprise at this point would be if the NFL and its players stopped embarrassing themselves and acted like they cared about fans.