Sports Labor Union

There has been a constant disagreement between the athletes and the managers for some time now, yet they have always found a way to find a happy medium between the two and allowed the sporting events to continue. This appears to be coming to a tragic hault as the upcoming 2011 NFL season appears to be in jeopardy because the athletes and the managers cannot come to an agreement. The Leauge and its managers want to extend the NFL season to 18 games without increasing the pay of players and as one can assume this poses obvious problems. That would be an additional two games that these athletes are putting thier bodies and lives at stake, and for no pay seems ridiculous. The managers however only see things through a financial lense, and see an increase in the NFL schedule as an increase in income for their teams and themselves. For the sake of the National football league it is in the best interest of the players along with the owners to come to some sort of  agreement prior to the 2011 season. Individual franchises cannot afford to lose any sort of income, and if players are forced to sit out for a year there will be major repercussions upon their reinstatment. Disagreements between athletes and ownerships have been brewing for a while now and they appear to be at an all time high.