NFL cancels rookie symposium ahead of lockout
Indianapolis, IN, United States (AHN Sports) – According to numerous reports, the NFL is canceling next month’s rookie symposium in Canton, Ohio.
League officials are scheduled to officially inform teams of the cancellation during today’s NFL Spring Meeting in Indianapolis.
The symposium is designed to teach rookies life lessons on dealing with football, finances and their new lifestyle. Those lessons will have to wait.
Scheduled for June 26, the symposium was to been held in Canton, home of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, for the first time.
The league and the NFLPA are both waiting for a June 3 court hearing before the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on the legality of the ongoing lockout — the event is not going forward.
Teams have laid off or furloughed employees and had staff take pay cuts but the symposium is the first event to be called off due to the current labor unrest.
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