NFL Negotiates with Union Over Contract Extension

by Luke Burbank, NPR

The NFL's free-agent signing period was supposed to begin Friday. Instead, the league has bought itself some time as it tries to hammer out a contract extension with the Players Association. The NFL and the union now have about three days to work out an extension that could add about $10 million in salary-cap room.

Broadcast Dates

• Morning Edition, March 3, 2006