During the first segment of Monday’s PFT Live, I addressed the status of the labor talks, given that the current labor deal expires in three days.
The two sides are meeting Tuesday, against a backdrop of significant pessimism.
If they’re not serious about actually working out a deal, they shouldn’t provide the fans false hope by talking. If, in reality, the league wants to force a lockout in order to apply maximum leverage against the players and if the players want to decertify in order to apply maximum leverage against the league, they should drop the pretenses of negotiation and do it.
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