NFL to ask NFLPS for Another Delay - New England Patriots Forums

PatsSteve1 · 03-05-2006, 04:00 PM

With FA about to start at 6:00pm EST, Chris Mortensen just said at 5:00pm that he heard the NFL is going to ask the NFLPA for another delay of FA until Wednesday at 4:00pm. If they agree to a % of revenue to the players that's too high, without a new revenue sharing deal amoungst the owners, the low budget owners would vote against the deal(even if they get a tenative deal now) because they'll say they can't/won't/don't have the money for a cap that high. If that % is too low, the NFLPA won't agree to it. I'd like to be a fly on the wall to know who(mostly the owners) is saying what. The owners aren't actually there, but there must be emails, conference calls and blackberry's going wild.

PatsSteve1 · 03-05-2006, 04:20 PM

5:30pm EST, Morty says they agreed to a 4 hour delay from 6:00 to 10:00pm for FA to start.

***BelichickFan*** · 03-05-2006, 04:26 PM

Will they just get this thing done ?

***pats1*** · 03-05-2006, 04:39 PM

http://www.profootballtalk.com/rumormill.htm

POSTED 5:55 p.m. EST, March 5, 2006

DEADLINE EXTENDED BY FOUR HOURS

Jay Glazer of FOXSports.com reports that the NFL and the NFLPA have agreed to bump the team-by-team deadline for getting under the salary cap from 6:00 p.m. EST Sunday until 10:00 p.m. EST.

This tells us that a deal is getting pretty darn close. Otherwise, they would have bumped it by at least a day.

Free agency is still scheduled to begin at 12:01 a.m. Monday. If a new deal is reached (or if one isn't), the launch of free agency most likely will be pushed back.

***PATSNUTme*** · 03-05-2006, 05:00 PM

I think they have both used all of their timeouts. It's time they start calling delay of game penalties.

SteveBsFan · 03-05-2006, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by pats1

This tells us that a deal is getting pretty darn close. Otherwise, they would have bumped it by at least a day.

first post, don't kill me

I agree, but it could also mean they told teams they *were* close, so they held off on cuts, but talks broke off, and they gave them 4 hours to get their cuts in.

Although we'd probably know if talks broke off, so perhaps it's the option you said. They needed a few more hours for the deadline, then they'll delay the start of FA a bit to allow teams to prepare again.

***PATSNUTme*** · 03-05-2006, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by SteveBsFan

first post, don't kill me

I agree, but it could also mean they told teams they *were* close, so they held off on cuts, but talks broke off, and they gave them 4 hours to get their cuts in.

Although we'd probably know if talks broke off, so perhaps it's the option you said. They needed a few more hours for the deadline, then they'll delay the start of FA a bit to allow teams to prepare again.

Who do you think you are? Coming on the board with your first post and being absolutely right. That just doesn't happen here.

Welcome.

shirtsleeve · 03-05-2006, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by SteveBsFan

first post, don't kill me

I agree, but it could also mean they told teams they *were* close, so they held off on cuts, but talks broke off, and they gave them 4 hours to get their cuts in.

Although we'd probably know if talks broke off, so perhaps it's the option you said. They needed a few more hours for the deadline, then they'll delay the start of FA a bit to allow teams to prepare again.

Wow! youre good! talks have broken off as you predicted.

Congrats and welcome.

SteveBsFan · 03-05-2006, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by shirtsleeve

Wow! youre good! talks have broken off as you predicted.

Congrats and welcome.

Thanks, I didn't want to be right though

I just read it now, that sucks.

***PATSNUTme*** · 03-05-2006, 05:41 PM

The Patriots being under the cap, I think, can just wait until the other teams make their cuts.

I would'nt expect BB to do anything tonight as far as cuts are concerned.