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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Heard it on WEEI that as early as next Tuesday that the NFL owners may opt out of the CBA...meaning 10 would be uncapped...and 011 a year for work stoppages...
Heard it on WEEI that as early as next Tuesday that the NFL owners may opt out of the CBA...meaning 10 would be uncapped...and 011 a year for work stoppages...
this story has been around for some time and many indeed have assumed that they will opt out, according to some wags because Bob Kraft won't be the firewall that saves the agreement this time (Gee, I wonder why?). is there anything new in the WEEI report?
am I correct in assuming that opting out now gives them a few years to work out the new one however difficult that may be???
It is out of control right now with salary's imo, i think i seen somewhere that the rams made 750 million in gross revs. last year, and even after rev. sharing they ended up with a profit of 10 million or so. The players are profiting more then the owners in some city's and that is just whacked when you think about it.
Especially with kids coming out of college, they are getting way to much money upfront and are not even proven. They need to find a way to have some kind of pay-scale, i would think alot of veteran players would like this also.
They have a hard cap already. What else do they want?
I don't exactly bye that Kraft wont be the firewall because he is mad at the way people have acted during camera-gate.
You really think that Kraft with be that vengeful with his own pocket on the line. That doesn't mean he won't be part of the owners who opt out, it just means he will have real owners concerns as the reason for doing so and not spite.
Looks like Ralph Wilson isn't as senile as previously thought seeing how he was ridiculed for voting against it in the first place.
am I correct in assuming that opting out now gives them a few years to work out the new one however difficult that may be???
From PFT.....No, you are wrong.
If the owners opt out then the contract ends two years early, after the 2010 season. The first effects of the opt-out appear in March 2009 (with special rules for the 2009 last capped season) and the salary cap ends a year later, before the 2010 season. So opting out now moves the entire process forward two years but doesn't provide any extra time to come up with a new deal compared to letting the CBA run its course.