Following unproductive meetings with Canadian Football League executives and the leagues legal counsel Friday, the Canadian Football League Players Association has decided to take a significant step to emphasize its solidarity in negotiations: The union has begun sending strike ballots by priority mail. http://www.vikingsauthenticonline.com/Youth-Stefon-Diggs-Elite-Jersey/ . A player confirmed to TSN on the condition of anonymity that he received his ballot yesterday. Another confirms hes been told to expect his shortly. "The unions executive committee insists a strike vote does not mean were pushing away from the table," the player said. "But we want the league to know were serious about our position." The players executive committee includes union president Scott Flory, vice-presidents Jay McNeil, Marwan Hage and Jeff Keeping and treasurer Brian Ramsay. Keeping (Toronto Argonauts) and Ramsay (Edmonton Eskimos) are the two active players on the committee. The league and players are still scheduled to meet in Toronto Wednesday - eight days before the current CBA is set to expire on May 29 - when the players will table a new proposed collective bargaining agreement that will include a revenue sharing scheme with the union requesting a percentage of gate, sponsorship and television revenue. With each revenue stream the union is proposing its share be in the range of approximately 40-55 per cent. The proposal includes a salary cap of approximately $7 million in the first year of a new CBA. In 2013, the last year of the current agreement, the salary cap was $4.4 million. The league has so far been reluctant to discuss any revenue sharing model. "Weve been told to expect a step back tomorrow (from the owners)," the player says. The CFLPA requires more than 50 per cent of its players to confirm a strike vote. But the players must adhere to provincial labour laws, and cannot picket immediately. According to a source with knowledge of the talks, only players in certain provinces, where a strike vote can happen before the current bargaining expires, have received their ballots.http://www.vikingsauthenticonline.com/Youth-Jerick-McKinnon-Elite-Jersey/ . Chris Johnson is ready to help the Titans snap a three-game losing streak if Tennessee and its new offensive co-ordinator can get him the ball more often. "If the running game gets going, I can make plays in the running game and I think we can win these last three games," Johnson said. http://www.vikingsauthenticonline.com/Youth-Andre-Smith-Elite-Jersey/ . -- Goalie Carey Price and defencemen Andrei Markov and Alexei Emelin werent on the flight when the Montreal Canadiens left Tuesday to face the Blackhawks in Chicago.The Winnipeg Goldeyes recorded their first sweep of the 2014 season on Sunday afternoon, as they were able to top the Lincoln Saltdogs in all three games the two teams played this weekend. The Goldeyes (7-3) ended their 10-game season opening road trip with a 6-4 win over the Saltdogs (4-6) in front of 2,941 fans at Haymarket Park. The sweep was the Goldeyes first three-game sweep at Haymarket Park since May of 2003. The Saltdogs opened the scoring in Sundays matchup in the bottom of the second, on an Ian Gac solo home run. The Goldeyes though were able to respond in the top of the third, with Ray Sadler hitting a home run of his own to tie the game. The home run was Sadlers team leading third of the season. "Its all about answering what they do at the plate," said Goldeyes Pitching Coach Jamie Vermilyea on the Jewel 101 Post-Game Show. "If they put up runs, we have to come right back out and do the same thing ourselves." The Fish extended their lead an inning later. Casey Haerther got on base on a Saltdogs error and then was driven in on an RBI single by Ryan Pineda. Then the Saltdogs tied it back up on a second home run from Gac in the bottom of the fourth. It remained tied until the top the sixth when the Goldeyes were able to score two on three hits. With two out, Haerther and Pineda both got on base on singles, and then Jordan Guida hit a two-run RBI double to bring them both home. "Hes only playing every three or four days, but when he gets in there hes geetting the job done getting us big hits, big RBIs," said Vermilyea of the rookie catcher Guida. http://www.vikingsauthenticonline.com/Youth-Chuck-Foreman-Elite-Jersey/. The Fish were led on the mound by starting pitcher Chris Salamida, who recorded his first win in three starts so far this season. Salamida was able to retire 21 of the 26 batters he faced on only 84 pitches. He struck out one and gave up no walks. "He put those past two starts behind him and he came out being aggressive, throwing strikes," Vermilyea said. "He did a heck of a job and turned it over to the bullpen with the lead." The Goldeyes went up by four in the top of the eighth. Reggie Abercrombie got on base on and then was driven in on a Donnie Webb RBI single — with the hit, Webb extended his hitting streak to eight games. Webb was brought home four batters later on a RBI single from Tyler Kuhn. The Saltdogs were able to muster two more runs in the bottom of the eighth, as Jon Gaston hit a two-run home run off of Taylor Sewitt. Sewitt was able to strike out the side though to end any further threat from Lincoln.Kyle Bellamy, who came in to pitch the ninth inning, earned the save. The loss was charged to Lincolns Nick Green. The Goldeyes now come home for their Home Opener. They will face the Sioux City Explorers at Shaw Park at 7 p.m. on Monday night. The expected pitching matchup will see Winnipegs Kyle Anderson (1-0) face Sioux Citys Patrick Johnson (0-1). 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