Looks like the vote will take place in Charlotte.

[thunderraiden]

Arthur Blank, the dapper owner of the Atlanta Falcons, arrived early at the Ritz-Carlton on Wednesday for the NFL owners meetings after a short drive from his office north of downtown. Blank was anxious to hear commissioner Roger Goodell's plan for the new 18-game regular-season schedule.....

...His face told it all: There was no vote on the new plan. Goodell decided not to take one.

And, one by one, the owners left the building empty-handed -- with no tangible consensus other than the catch-all "momentum is building" for the so-called "enhanced schedule," which could be the final financial solution -- or undoing -- of stalled labor negotiations that have the owners and players in an uneasy place.

So, why didn't Goodell call a vote -- one that many owners and their representatives said before the meeting they had expected and wanted, and one that certainly would have cemented a unified front that might have made the schedule change a fait accompli?

The owners' answer to that question might be provided Oct. 11-14 in Charlotte, N.C., site of their next meeting -- if Goodell finally calls for the vote.

Here is the full story.

[dimbee]

In the house of Jerry Richardson, the vote takes place. Very fitting.

[SmootsDaddy89]

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeell there is a house in ol' NC

They caaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaall the Richardson's

And it's beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen the ruin of many a good player

And god, Jake Delhomme is one.

[The_Cannon]

I'm really surprised they're stretching this until the midpoint on the season.

[dimbee]

I'm really surprised they're stretching this until the midpoint on the season.

I am not. This is a chess match of epic proportions. There will be sweating involved.

[PantherFanOne]

I am not. This is a chess match of epic proportions. There will be sweating involved.

That is the truth.I can hardly wait to see how this saga plays out.

[CLTPanther]

I wonder if I can get Arthur Blank to push me around the meeting in a wheel chair.

[pantherfool]

The reason the vote didn't take place was that Goodell doesn't want to look like a shill for the owners in the eyes of the players and fans. ( He IS a shill for the owners he just doesn't want it to appear that way.)

[Sam Mills Fan]

Where will the meeting take place?

[jasonluckydog]

Where will the meeting take place?

Zods house.