NFL schedule will come out this month

It is established knowledge that the NFL schedule and draft will proceed as planned later this month.

As most know both the NFLPA and the NFL are engaged in a bitter anti-trust dispute, with the players claiming that their rights as employees have been violated by the lockout, while the owners, in turn, state that locking out employees in a labor dispute is not illegal, and that they cannot negotiate with a decertified party.

The two sides went to court earlier in the week, and Federal Judge Susan Nelson is deliberating the arguments over the next two weeks before a ruling. She could either lift the lockout meaning football will be played, or call for more negotiations and wait for the NLRB to decide whether the lockout is legal.

Chances are the lockout will remain and we could be looking at a court room drama for the next few months, that may bleed deep into the summer and early fall.

However, if, and that's a major IF, there is a season some rumors are starting to spew out about the NFL schedule. According to Pro Football Talk, the NFL will release the schedule in a few weeks as they always do.

And to top it off for New York fans, their is a rumor floating that the Jets and Giants will play each other on Opening Day, which just happens to be the 10th anniversary of 9/11.

Whether that's true or not remains to be seen. Last spring there were rumors the Jets would play either the Texans or Vikings on Thanksgiving, which of course didn't happen, the Jets played the Bengals that day.

A Jets/Giants opener would be quiet unique, since both teams only play each other in the regular season once every four years, and, usually see each other late in the season when they are scheduled to play one another.