{"id":378892,"date":"2011-04-12T21:16:19","date_gmt":"2011-04-12T21:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/12\/nfl-releases-preseason-schedule-ap\/"},"modified":"2011-04-12T21:16:19","modified_gmt":"2011-04-12T21:16:19","slug":"nfl-releases-preseason-schedule-ap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/12\/nfl-releases-preseason-schedule-ap\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL releases preseason schedule (AP)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"80.59807073955\">\n<p>NEW YORK (AP)\u2014The NFL is preparing for preseason games even though the<br \/>\nowners and players remain at odds over a new contract.<\/p>\n<p>The league released its preseason schedule Tuesday as lawyers for locked-out<br \/>\nplayers were meeting with a judge in Minneapolis prior to court-ordered<br \/>\nmediation with the league later this week.<\/p>\n<p>The first preseason game will match the <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nfl\/teams\/chi\/\">Chicago Bears<\/a> against the <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nfl\/teams\/stl\/\">St. Louis<br \/>\nRams<\/a> in the Pro Football Hall of Fame game at Canton, Ohio on Aug. 7.<\/p>\n<p>The preseason schedule, of course, is contingent on the players and NFL<br \/>\nowners reaching a new collective bargaining agreement, replacing the one that<br \/>\nexpired March 11 after talks with a federal mediator in Washington broke off.<\/p>\n<p>Because teams will need at least two weeks of training camp to get ready,<br \/>\nthat means the NFL would need to have its labor stalemate solved about July 25<br \/>\nat the very latest, even if starters are only going to play for a series or two<br \/>\nin the exhibition opener.<\/p>\n<p>With the NFL entering its second month of its shutdown, the only business<br \/>\ngoing on is the April 28-30 draft.<\/p>\n<p>The preseason schedule includes 65 games through Sept. 2.<\/p>\n<p>The league\u2019s slate of 11 nationally televised preseason games features the<br \/>\nentire 2010 playoff field, including the Super Bowl champion <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nfl\/teams\/gnb\/\">Green Bay Packers<\/a><br \/>\nvisiting Indianapolis on Aug. 26 at Lucas Oil Stadium, site of the 2012 Super<br \/>\nBowl.<\/p>\n<p>The nationally televised games are the only ones with specific dates<br \/>\ndetermined. On Aug. 18, the AFC champion <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nfl\/teams\/pit\/\">Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a> will host<br \/>\nPhiladelphia on Fox.<\/p>\n<p>The preseason schedule wraps up Sept. 1-2 with the regular season\u2019s first<br \/>\nfull slate of regular season games set for Sept. 11. The regular season schedule<br \/>\nhas yet to be released.<\/p>\n<p>In Minneapolis, attorneys and Hall of Fame defensive end Carl Eller sat down<br \/>\nwith U.S. Magistrate Judge Arthur Boylan on Tuesday. The NFL\u2019s attorneys are<br \/>\nscheduled to meet with Boylan on Wednesday before mediation begins on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The mediation was ordered by U.S. District Judge Susan Richard Nelson, who<br \/>\nis still considering a request from the players to lift the lockout imposed by<br \/>\nowners after the players dissolved their union, clearing the way for the court<br \/>\nfight.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>See the article here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/us.rd.yahoo.com\/sports\/rss\/nfl\/SIG=1223dbie7\/*http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nfl\/news?slug=ap-nfl-preseasonschedule\" title=\"NFL releases preseason schedule (AP)\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NFL releases preseason schedule (AP)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> NEW YORK (AP)\u2014The NFL is preparing for preseason games even though the owners and players remain at odds over a new contract. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-378892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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