MLS, players union fail to reach CBA extension
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02/25/2010 - New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) Major League Soccer and its players union both announced on Thursday that they would not be extending the collective bargaining agreement past the deadline, which expires at the end of the day.
"Effective at midnight [Thursday], our collective bargaining agreement with MLS will expire," MLS Players Union Executive Director Bob Foose said in a statement. "While we expect that negotiations with MLS will resume at some point, there simply hasn't been enough progress made in the negotiations to date to warrant an extension of the old agreement. We have advised our players to keep working for the time being, but as of Friday they will be doing so without a CBA. In the meantime, all options are being considered as the process continues. We are completely committed to forging real changes to the way MLS players are treated."
Major League Soccer issued the following statement in response:
"During the last year, Major League Soccer has been negotiating with the MLS Players Union on a new Collective Bargaining Agreement. The current CBA expires [Thursday] and the players union would not agree to a further extension.
"We have told the players union that the league does not plan to lock out the players and we are prepared to begin the season under the current CBA while we continue to bargain to reach agreement on a new CBA.
"We have listened to the issues raised by the MLS Players Union and the league has made detailed proposals that have addressed these issues, including in the areas of economics, guaranteed contracts, options and the ability of a player to move to another MLS Club if he is released by his current club. These proposals, which represent substantial changes from the current CBA, will significantly increase our spending and provide substantially more rights to the players."
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How long Trent Green will remain sidelined is unknown. Coach Herm Edwards said Monday he will miss a second straight start Sunday when the Chiefs host the San Francisco 49ers.
A two-time Pro Bowler, Green was going into a feet-first hook slide when he was knocked unconscious by a thunderous, head-snapping hit from Cincinnati's Robert Geathers.
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