CINCINNATI -- Bengals president Mike Brown has had a front row seat for nearly every labor dispute between the NFL and its players. He admits that this one is a little different since it is a lockout by the owners and not a players' strike.
When the collective bargaining agreement expired Friday, the owners went ahead with their plans for a lockout after the NFL Players Association filed its decertification papers earlier that day. It ushered in the league's first work stoppage since the players strike in 1987.
"The union is entitled to strike, that's one of the strategies that the law gives unions in these negotiations just as it gives us the right to lock out," Brown said. "It's the same for both. Each can create a work stoppage. That's not to say we would have stopped bargaining. We intended to bargain during the lockout. Now that they have decertified I don't know if there is anyone to bargain with."
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