Pro Football Talk

Four years ago, an effort was made to carve NFL running backs out of the NFL Players Association, in order to create their own union. In August 2019, Veronica Patton filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board seeking clarification of the broader NFLPA bargaining unit, while explaining that the “rookie wage contract is economically [more] … [Read more...] about Running backs should renew push for their own bargaining unit

The sports book wars are starting. As the legal gambling industry moves from the crazy-money expansion phase to the careful-cash consolidation phase, one major sports book is using pretty crazy, potentially to keep an aspiring sports book from becoming a major sports book by buying up a struggling sports book. Last month, Fanatics reached a [more] … [Read more...] about DraftKings trumps Fanatics’ bid for PointsBet

The Bears spent the offseason working to improve the talent on their roster, but that’s not the only reason why head coach Matt Eberflus thinks that the team is better prepared for success this year. Eberflus was a first-time head coach last year and that meant a lot of time was spent installing new systems [more] … [Read more...] about Matt Eberflus more comfortable “the second time through it”

It usually takes several months, but it’s always well worth the wait. The Chiefs received their new rings on Thursday night, the permanent memento of winning Super Bowl LVII. Keeping with the trend the Buccaneers started to years ago, the new Kansas City ring contains a stadium inside the thing, with a removable top that shows [more] … [Read more...] about The Chiefs get their new Super Bowl rings