Today the NFL players may have received a lucky break. A federal judge has issued an injunction which orders team owners to lift the previous applied league wide lockout. All is not fancy in football country yet as the NFL plans to appeal the ruling on the grounds that federal law prohibits injunctions when it comes to labor disputes. U.S. District Judge Susan Richard Nelson claims that when the players made the decision to relinquish their union the case was no longer applicable under federal labor laws.
If NFL players were to remained locked out come time for the season this September it will be the first time the NFL has stopped working since the year 1987. Football fans across the globe have their fingers crossed that this argument over the division of the NFL's 9 billion in revenue between players and owners can be settled before the season's scheduled kick off on September 8th.
Here's a fact you might need to know one day, with this ruling the Green Bay Packers will finally be able to receive their Super Bowl rings and also make the traditional trip to the White House to meet the President after winning the championship. League rules prohibited both events from taking place during times of a lockout.
Check out the NFL's release of this year's schedules right here.
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