What lies ahead? Primer for NFL owners meeting agenda
The meeting rooms and lobbies of the Ritz-Carlton resort in Orlando, will be abuzz this week during the NFL's annual meeting. Talk will range from the ominous divide between owners and the NFLPA on a new collective bargaining agreement to another hot topic the proposal for a new overtime format that will draw spirited debate.

A Super Bowl decided in overtime motivating proposed NFL rule swap
With its recommendation for modified sudden death for postseason games to be voted on this week at the NFL's annual meeting, the league's competition committee hopes to avoid a Super Bowl decided by what statistics show is a 59.8% chance the coin-toss winner prevails in overtime since 1994.

Overtime rules, labor issues will be hot topics at NFL owners' meeting
The NFL's franchise owners gathered Sunday in Orlando for the annual league meeting, a three-day get-together that officially begins Monday and is to feature plenty of talk about the sport's labor situation and a possible change to the overtime system.

Analysis: Overtime change in NFL would bring cheers, jeers
The NFL's competition committee has found winning the coin flip to be an increasingly unfair advantage or a death sentence since the sudden death format was implemented in 1974. And it has proposed that the league adjust its overtime format in the postseason, a motion owners will entertain at their annual meeting starting Sunday.

Overtime rules will be key topic at NFL meetings
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -In a sport built on intricate game plans in which inches often decide outcomes, the last thing the NFL wants is to rely on randomness.

NFL overtime rules in no need of overhaul by team owners
If NFL owners must alter OT, they should err on the side of tinkering rather than completely changing it.

Neal Rubin: Lem Barney dodges NFL mock draft
Lem Barney's wife didn't play pro football, but she knows her husband, so she opened the letter from the NFL. "You need to read this," Jacci said. "I don't want to read it," he said.

In safety move, NFL to reposition umpires in offensive backfield
The NFL will permanently reposition umpires to the offensive backfield beginning with the upcoming 2010 season, in a move designed to protect its most vulnerable on-field officials, the league confirmed Sunday at the annual owners meetings.

NFL may alter sudden death
In a sport built on intricate game plans in which inches often decide outcomes, the last thing the NFL wants to rely on is randomness. So when NFL owners begin their meetings today, no issue will be juicier than a potential modification of overtime in the playoffs.

NFL owners will vote on change to postseason OT rules
ORLANDO, Fla. | The NFL has still never had an overtime Super Bowl, but last season?s champions advanced to the title game only after taking advantage of the sudden-death rules for deciding a game tied at the end of regulation play. The NFL owners will vote on a change to the postseason overtime rules this week at their annual meetings. It?s not aimed at the Saints, who beat the Vikings in the ...

Possible player lockout, overtime rule top NFL agenda
NFL owners have a full slate of big business to conduct during their annual meetings, which are scheduled for the next three days.

Miami Dolphins' Richie Incognito voted NFL's dirtiest player
When The Sporting News conducted a midseason poll in 2009, questioning 99 players throughout the NFL to provide some snazzy superlatives, new Dolphins guard Richie Incognito was tagged with a title that has followed him for months.

Adjusting overtime a key issue at NFL meetings
ORLANDO, Fla. ? In a sport built on intricate game plans in which inches often decide outcomes, the last thing the NFL wants is to rely on randomness.

NFL will consider playoff OT changes this week
NFL will consider playoff OT changes this week

Adjusting OT is key for NFL
This article has been read 0 times. ORLANDO, Fla. - In a sport built on intricate game plans in which inches often decide outcomes, the last thing the NFL wants is to rely on randomness.

Four moves that could shake up the NFL offseason
Clifton Brown If the NFL offseason has not excited you yet, stay tuned. Between the draft and signings or trades involving star players, many important offseason moves have yet to be made. Potential headlines that would further shake up the offseason include: Sam Bradford goes No. 1 to the Rams Why it could happen: The Rams need a quarterback, and Bradford is the best one in this draft. Taking ...

NFL stars partner
SCOTT ? Kevin Faulk, Josh Reed and Devery Henderson each can trace their football careers from the high school fields of Acadiana to the bright lights of Tiger Stadium to the NFL.

Some key NFL games to be announced Monday
Judd Zulgad of the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports via Twitter the NFL is likely to announce on Monday some of its marquee games for 2010 season, with the Vikings being expected to visit the Saints for the Thursday season opening game. The NFL will more than likely announce the prime time games for Week One [...]

NFL Calendar
March 21-24 - Annual owners meeting, Orlando, Fla. April 22-24 - NFL draft.

NFL moving Umpires To offensive backfield in 2010
Chris Mortensen is reporting that the NFL will permanently reposition umpires to the offensive backfield beginning with the upcoming 2010 season, in a move designed to protect its most vulnerable on-field officials, the league confirmed Sunday at the annual owners meetings. Outgoing vice president of officiating Mike Pereira and his successor, Carl Johnson, revealed the plans [...]