Ongoing CBA discussions

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Two good articles on the "Show us the books" issue.

Show us (more of) your books! | National Football Post
by Andrew Brandt

and

NFL.com news: Union wants more financial information than NFL has offered
by Albert Breer

From Breer's article

Additionally, the NFL offered to illustrate the effect of economic conditions, the number of clubs who have experienced a shift in profitability over the aforementioned five-year period, 2005-09, and a third-party auditor to assess all information.

The union declined the offer to view the information.

According to a league source, the NFL's feeling was that it had made a major concession to reveal information on profitability that isn't even available to its clubs. The union's feeling, according to a players association source, was that it was important not to accept any offer to see additional information until it felt the information was sufficient to make decisions on how the $9.3 billion in revenue will be split up going forward, which remains the biggest issue in these labor talks.