NFL And Union Call In Feds For Help

This is the kind of story that infuriates NFL fans. The players union and the league are at odds again and facing an early March deadline to hammer out their differences or risk a lockout.

Remember when this happened before and we had what Dallas Cowboys fans referred to as 'the scabs'? Yeah, replacement players so fans could get a facsimile of some football.

Now it appears the two sides are going to go into mediation and have called in a neutral government mediator to get the proceedings underway.

Let's hope they come to an agreement ahead of the looming deadline. There's far too much money to be made from advertisers....and oh yeah.....fans of the sport. You can see more detail on the story here at msn.foxsports.com .