Political Football

AP News - 741 days ago
Political Football
FILE - In this June 4, 2009 file photo, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr., D-Mich., right, along with NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith, left, and the Baltimore Ravens Domonique Foxworth are seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. A year without a Super Bowl? It may be unthinkable to football fans, but that's a worry behind a new lobbying push by NFL players. The NFL Players Association is bracing for a showdown with team owners that could lead to a work stoppage when the current collective bargaining deal expires, ratcheting up its lobbying on Capitol Hill under new executive director DeMaurice Smith. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)