APThe league consisting of players who would at best be replacements for NFL players won’t be needing replacement players of its own.
After months of largely-ignored labor strife culminating in a couple of stop-and-start strikes and a more recent plan for a management-imposed lockout, the Arena Football League has worked out a new Collective Bargaining Agreement with its players.
The AFL has announced that the two sides struck an agreement in principle on Sunday. The formal labor deal will be signed on Wednesday.
The best news? We can now go back to generally ignoring the AFL.
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In other news, I just found out that the AFL was having a labor dispute
Darn…I was really hoping this was going to be the CFL’s chance to grab the semi-pro football 18-49 Male demographic.
If a tree falls in the woods…does it make a sound?
What?? No lockout?? Damn, was hoping for some football news.
Our long national nightmare is over.
Well, the dispute resolution is fine and dandy; but what will the salaries be??
Weren’t the players asked to take a $100/game pay cut???
I’m actually surprised by the crowd in that picture. Looks better than some NFL stadiums. Must have been a championship game or something.
Players: “You pay us peanuts”
AFL: “How about a few more peanuts”
Players: “Deal”
I had to read it twice to make sure who “AFL” is