NFL union executive member pessimistic

NFL union executive committee members Scott Fujita and Domonique Foxworth say concerns about injuries make the league's push to switch to an 18-game regular season a major sticking point in negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement.
Speaking Tuesday on a media conference call arranged by the union, Cleveland linebacker Fujita called the NFL's 18-game proposal ''completely unacceptable'' and ''like a slap in the face.''
The current CBA expires in March. Asked if he thinks a lockout is inevitable, Fujita replied: ''It certainly looks that way to me.''
Baltimore cornerback Foxworth said the extra regular-season games ''is just going to multiply the injuries and the ailments that we're going to see after we go into our 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s.''
