Goodell, union chief Smith meet to ‘advance the bargaining’
By Zaket on January 20, 2011
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith spoke face-to-face in New York on Wednesday, while more than a dozen current or former players were on Capitol Hill for face time with lawmakers and congressional staffers.
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