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Eight Game Season: How Does It Effect The Broncos?

Dustin Davis — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 21:07:03 +0000

The hopes of all NFL players, owners, and fans is that a full football season will be played in 2011. But the league is taking actions in case that doesn’t happen.

The NFL is discussing different scenarios regarding the number of games played during the 2011 season, depending on if and when a new Collective Bargaining Agreement is reached. One of the plans being mulled over is an eight game regular season schedule. In this situation, the season would start in late November, giving teams five weeks to prepare for their season by allowing free agency, training camps, and a preseason game. It would be ideal for each team to play four home games, four away games, and at least three games against their individual division rivals, but changes to some team schedules would have to be made for this to occur.

Some are saying that if an eight game season takes place, teams would likely play the final eight games of their respective schedules. If this scenario takes place, what would it mean for the Denver Broncos?
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March Madness: The NFL Version

Dustin Davis — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 12:00:23 +0000

It’s that time of year in sports when impossible buzzer-beater shots are taken, small school underdogs defeat major college powerhouses, and well thought out and meticulously made brackets are busted. The NCAA basketball championship, more commonly referred to as “March Madness”, is a tournament held every year to crown the nations top college basketball team. But as the month of March winds down, there has been another form of madness that has stolen the sports headlines usually reserved for the annual contest.

The ongoing NFL labor arguments over a new collective bargaining agreement has taken an ugly turn for the worse. Among the fruitless bickering and the pointing of million dollar fingers at billion dollar faces, the hopes of a football season being played in 2011 are looking more and more bleak. A lot of fans have become so distraught and disheartened that they have intentionally turned away from anything NFL related, finding that the words “dispute” and “negotiate” have become like fingernails down Vince Lombardi‘s chalkboard.
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CBA Links

Chris Krier — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 17:45:39 +0000

Members of the national media are pumping out articles on the Collective Bargaining Agreement at an amazing rate. Here are a few of the best I’ve found over the last few days:

Bill Simmons’ latest article about the owners and the CBA is an absolute must-read. Check it out here.
Mike Lupica explains why a new deal between the owners and the players must be struck this week.
Jason La Canfora discusses the CBA deadline extension.
Don Banks speculates on what the extension means.

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