Owners Opt out of Collective Bargaining Agreement

NBT · #1 05-20-2008, 03:23 PM

......However, there will still be peace for the next couple of years at least till the current contract expires. I guess the owners choked over giving 60% of the revenues to the players.

kravix · #2 05-20-2008, 03:49 PM

Yeah the 59.x% was more than the MLB, NBA, and NHL pay.

Here is a good article from NFL.com that explains some of the other things that will be in play if they fail to renegotiat on time.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story;jsessi...o&confirm=true

Personaly I think this is a good thing. It means that they can address some of the bigger money issues, like rookie salaries and benifits, sooner.

papabear · #3 05-20-2008, 04:06 PM

If I understand things correctly 2010 would be uncapped season....and Upshaw has said that if the cap goes away the players will not take it back. That's probably just a bargaining tactic but it does put pressure to get something done.

I can't believe that the owners and players are dumb enough to let this come to a work stoppage. Both sides are making money now, and they are without a doubt the number one sports league in the US. I think both sides are smart enough to get it worked out....at least that is what I have been telling myself....if there was a lockout/strike I would be seriously pissed.

Edit: just read the article and he makes it sound like an uncapped season wouldn't be a free for all....either way I hope they get this straightened out. The sooner the better.

edo783 · #4 05-20-2008, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by papabear

it does put pressure to get something done.

I think that is the real intent. It takes a long time to get something like this done and I suspect they wanted to get things moving. A couple of years sounds like a long time, but if you just keep twiddling your thumbs, time slips away and all of a sudden yor trying to cobble something together.

papabear · #5 05-20-2008, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by edo783

I think that is the real intent. It takes a long time to get something like this done and I suspect they wanted to get things moving. A couple of years sounds like a long time, but if you just keep twiddling your thumbs, time slips away and all of a sudden yor trying to cobble something together.

The original deal they opted out of sounds like it was done with the intent of forcing both side to renegotiate early.

kRocket · #6 05-21-2008, 11:37 AM

It seems that the cap number combined with no structural cap on the rookie salaries really works against older, more experienced players. How many times do we see players cut and out of football because their salary takes too much cap room to allow the team to pay the rookies. Seems as if the players would be all for this.