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CBA newsupdate This really shouldn't come as much of
a surprise, but apparently the leaguesent a letterto the union notifying the
players that their insurance won't be paid by MLS in case of a strike.I can't
imagine players really expected the league to continue fulfilling any of their
previous promises if there's a strike. I'm sure that doesn't change their
perception that the owners are trying to turn the vise.The Sports Business Daily
article also says the league and players have moved closer together on
guaranteed contracts. As they've promised, though, owners still aren't budging
on free agency.Generally speaking, it looks as if both players and owners have
been reasonably tight-lipped about actual negotiations as all the talk in the
last couple days has been in much more general terms, the latest of which came
from the mouth of Columbus and soccer cleats factory Dallas investor-operatorClark
Hunt.“A strike would do nothing but do damage to the process,” Hunt said. “It
would be misguided and ill-timed and further solidify the resolve of owners in
terms of our

current position.”I'm choosing to take the relative
lack of news as a good sign as it at least means the principal players are more
interested in negotiating than making phone calls to whichever sympathetic ear
they can find. soccer cleats factory CBA newsupdate This really
shouldn't come as much of a surprise, but apparently the leaguesent a letterto
the union notifying the players that their insurance won't be paid by MLS in
case of a strike.I can't imagine players really expected the league to continue
fulfilling any of their previous promises if there's a strike. I'm sure that
doesn't change their perception that the owners are trying to turn the vise.The
Sports Business Daily article also says the league and players have moved closer
together on guaranteed contracts. As they've promised, though, owners still
aren't budging on free agency.Generally speaking, it looks as if both players
and owners have been reasonably tight-lipped about actual negotiations as all
the talk in the last couple days has been in much more general terms, the latest
of which came from

the mouth of Columbus and Dallas
investor-operatorClark Hunt.“A strike would do nothing but do damage to the
process,” Hunt said. “It would be misguided and ill-timed and further solidify
the resolve of owners in terms of our current position.”I'm choosing to take the
relative lack of news as a good sign as it at least means the principal players
are Adidas F50 adizero TRX AG more interested in
negotiating than making phone calls to whichever sympathetic ear they can find.
Sunday Night Football: Seahawks and Rams For the NFC West Congratulations if you
had the Seattle Seahawks and the St. Louis Rams as the only head to head
showdown for a division title when the league released the schedule pitting all
division opponents in week 17. Bonus points if you had them both with a losing
record entering the showdown game.History is on the line tonight, as no team has
ever reached the playoffs in a non-strike year with a losing record (In 1982, 8
of the 14 conference teams made the playoffs because of the shortened season).
However,

38 other teams have made the playoffs while getting
outscored for the season. The previous low in point differential was the 2004
St. Louis Rams at -73, but if Seattle makes it, they would be below that unless
they win in a blowout by more than 34 points.Seattle has home field advantage,
while the Rams have been in relatively better form of late. The Seahawks have
only won two games in the last nine, and those were over Arizona and at home
against Carolina. The Rams have won 3 of their last 5, and have been reasonably
competitive all year with the exception of the 44-6 loss at Detroit. Neither
team has a particularly dynamic offense and both rank near the bottom of the
league in yards per play both rushing and passing. The difference is the Rams
pass defense, which is the one above average phase in this game.I'll take the
Rams to win on the road tonight, and finally end the Seahawks' run (waddle
crawl) to the playoffs. Nothingwould surprise me, though.[photo

via Getty]