Arena Football League Labor dispute.

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Of course as you saw in the video’s from Saturday night’s Rush game, there was a lot of talk about a possible players strike in the Arena Football League.

Here is an article from the story that first broke on Friday night:

http://sports.yahoo.com/arena/news?slug=ycn-11079140

Here is a statement released by the league late Saturday night:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Saturday, March 10, 2012

AFL STATEMENT ON MARCH 9 AFLPU WORK STOPAGE

“On Friday, March 9, 2012 the AFLPU entered into a work stoppage at 6:35 pm ET. The AFLPU then retracted the claim and instructed players to go back to work at 1:03 am ET. The AFL’s 20-week regular season schedule and three-week playoff schedule will remain as slated culminating with ArenaBowl XXV in New Orleans on August 10.”

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