RALEIGH, North Carolina, May 25 (Reuters) - Labor differences between the NFL and its players need to be resolved in the next month if there is going to be a normal preseason, a top NFL owner says.
Only then can the league hold its training camps and a full slate of preseason activities, Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay said.
"There needs to be an urgency to really try and get something done in the next month or so," Irsay, whose team is scheduled to host the 2012 Super Bowl, told WTHR television.
"The relationship is good and it's strong... "(But) we need to get away from litigation, get away from the courts and really get to the table and compromise and get something done."
Training camps normally start in July with the first preseason games in early August.
Training dates have not been set this year because of the player lockout, adding to the urgency.
The feuding sides are due back in court next month with more mediation sessions to follow, but Jerry Richardson, owner of the Carolina Panthers, said he was not expecting any movement before July, when a verdict on the court hearing was expected.
"We're in a waiting mode," Richardson told the league-owned NFL Network.
"I think we all need to see what's going to happen in July. Then we'll go from there."
The work stoppage has already been in place for more than two months and league officials have projected the financial losses could be as high as $1 billion if the regular season did not kick-off as scheduled in early September.
Both sides are already counting the cost of the dispute and the NFL's general counsel, Jeff Pash, said the longer it went, the more money it would cost both sides.
"I think any labor settlement is going to have to reflect what the economics are and what the economics can reasonably project to be," top NFL negotiator Jeff Pash said.
"For everyone's benefit, the benefit of the players, the benefit of the clubs, we should have a shared incentive to get this accomplished sooner rather than later."
Only then can the league hold its training camps and a full slate of preseason activities, Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay said.
"There needs to be an urgency to really try and get something done in the next month or so," Irsay, whose team is scheduled to host the 2012 Super Bowl, told WTHR television.
"The relationship is good and it's strong... "(But) we need to get away from litigation, get away from the courts and really get to the table and compromise and get something done."
Training camps normally start in July with the first preseason games in early August.
Training dates have not been set this year because of the player lockout, adding to the urgency.
The feuding sides are due back in court next month with more mediation sessions to follow, but Jerry Richardson, owner of the Carolina Panthers, said he was not expecting any movement before July, when a verdict on the court hearing was expected.
"We're in a waiting mode," Richardson told the league-owned NFL Network.
"I think we all need to see what's going to happen in July. Then we'll go from there."
The work stoppage has already been in place for more than two months and league officials have projected the financial losses could be as high as $1 billion if the regular season did not kick-off as scheduled in early September.
Both sides are already counting the cost of the dispute and the NFL's general counsel, Jeff Pash, said the longer it went, the more money it would cost both sides.
"I think any labor settlement is going to have to reflect what the economics are and what the economics can reasonably project to be," top NFL negotiator Jeff Pash said.
"For everyone's benefit, the benefit of the players, the benefit of the clubs, we should have a shared incentive to get this accomplished sooner rather than later."
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