WASHINGTON(AP) -- NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and NFL Players
Association executive director DeMaurice Smith both are slated
to participate in the league's latest round of labor
negotiations.
Speaking after testifying before a House subcommittee Tuesday
about a legal case involving two Minnesota Vikings players,
Goodell told The Associated Press he would be present for
Wednesday's talks in New York about a new collective bargaining
agreement.
Goodell has not attended all of the sessions the league and
union have held so far.
The NFL opted out of the collective bargaining agreement last
year, although the contract won't expire until after the 2010
season. That season will not have a salary cap under the current
CBA, and Smith has said he hopes to have an agreement before
then.
The old contract was negotiated in 2006 by then-commissioner
Paul Tagliabue and then-union head Gene Upshaw, who passed away
last year.
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