NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith spoke together today, on day 100 of the lockout. The short joint press conference took place outside of the Nantasket Beach Resort in Hull, MA, where today’s talks were held.
Goodell opened by saying, “Guys you obviously know we’re under court order of what we can discuss. But obviously we’re all working hard. It’s complicated, it’s complex and we’re working hard. We understand the fans’ frustration, but both of us are continuing to work hard at it.”
Smith took a similar tone, “Someone asked me if I was optimistic. I think we’re both optimistic when we have the right people in the room. We know we’re talking about the right issues and we’re working hard to get it done. It is extremely complicated. It requires a lot of hard work by a lot of people but we’re going to keep working at it.”
Finally, Smith concluded, “Just to wrap up, we’re working hard. We understand the fans frustration. I know our players frustration. We’re going to keep working hard.”
