Goodell takes message straight to fans (AP)
By Zaket on May 18, 2011
Commissioner Roger Goodell is going straight to the fans to deliver the NFL’s message on the league’s labor impasse. In a series of conference calls with season ticket holders this spring, Goodell has told thousands of paying customers that the owners and players need to negotiate, not litigate their differences, that the league has no plans to use replacement players and that the NFL is…
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