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The 2011 National Football League Player lockout was a work stoppage imposed by the owners of the NFL's 32 teams that lasted from March 12, 2011, to July 25, 2011. When the owners and the NFL players, represented by the National Football League Players Association, could not come to a consensus on a new collective bargaining agreement, the owners locked out the players from team facilities and ...
However, the NFLPA filed papers to decertify as a union on March 11, 2011, and filed an antitrust suit to enjoin the lockout with lead plaintiffs quarterbacks Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, and Drew Brees. [65] U.S. District Court judge Susan Richard Nelson granted the players' request to end the owners' lockout on April 25. [66]
The average National Football League player makes around $850,000 a year, yet, according to an expert interviewed by MSNBC, 22% of the league's 1,700 players have no savings to fall back on should ...
NFL lockout may refer to any of the lockouts or strikes in the history of the National Football League: 1968 NFL strike/lockout, 12-day strike and lockout before the 1968 NFL season; 1970 NFL strike, two-day strike prior to the 1970 NFL season; 1974 NFL strike, two-month strike before the 1974 NFL season
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After several months of negotiations, the longest lockout in league history ended on July 25, 2011 following a tentative litigation settlement which reclassified some league revenues for cap purposes. This settlement allowed team owners to keep a small percentage from being included in future salary caps. [19]
On September 17, 2001, the league and union agreed to a new 6-year contract, which would see the officials receive a 50% increase in salary with a 100% increase by year 4. [7] On September 19, 2001, the union ratified the contract by a roughly 2-to-1 vote, officially ending the lockout. [8]
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