"I trust the league, San Francisco 49ers owner Jed York told me on Monday, when I asked him if he thought the contingency plan was a valid option."
"We have to be prepared for everything, another club owner who requested anonymity told me Monday."
"Everybody's been striving, that's nothing new, to try to get better, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said. But it's our job to put the incentives in place and demands in place to get better. Fans deserve that."
The three-day event featured discussions among owners, general managers, and coaches about team compositions and upcoming challenges. Concerns about officiating and contingency plans for replacement referees were addressed, with league sources indicating preparations for hiring replacements starting May 1. Owners approved a proposal to correct officiating mistakes during a work stoppage. Despite the past issues with the 2012 lockout, there was a surprising lack of anxiety among coaches and owners regarding the contingency plans, with some expressing trust in the league's decisions.
Read at ESPN.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]