NFLPA committee voted for new CBA.

[KDPPatsfan85]

If the 2k players vote and there is a majority, the cba is passes and hopefully it happens before free agency. Would be easier to sign Brady and spread out his dead cap!

 

[Family]

I can't believe this is being done so easily considering how bad a deal NFL players have.

 

[KDPPatsfan85]

I can't believe this is being done so easily considering how bad a deal NFL players have.

They should be fighting to remove article 47

 

[XLIX]

They should be fighting to remove article 47

While I don’t think most players give a crap about article 46 (since it only impacts what? 1 or 2 players per year, if that?), PFT did have an article which said “most” discipline matters will go to a neutral arbitrator. I’ve been trying to find clarity on what that meant though...

 

[Sicilian]

They should be fighting to remove article 47

If you're talking about the commissioners powers (which I think is article 46?), I'm not sure the majority of players really care about that, given it only impacts a small percentage of them. Sure, it could potentially screw any of them at any time, but a lot of people (not just NFL athletes) have a mentality of "Yeah but that won't happen to ME". It's hard to tell a player who, in his mind, has never done anything wrong, that they should hold out to remove the commissioners power to arbitrarily punish people who have. Not saying it's right, it's just all about what the majority of players will prioritize.

 

[farn]

I can't believe this is being done so easily considering how bad a deal NFL players have.

Here is another take : -1- this union has NEVER shown any solidarity (even great players broke ranks when replacement players were used way back when) -2- the players have very short careers and that weighs heavily -3- poor financial decisions run rampant within their ranks -4- so, so many players are on the lower income spectrum (for them) and the boost in minimum pay could really play a big role.

 

[QuantumMechanic]

If you're talking about the commissioners powers (which I think is article 46?), I'm not sure the majority of players really care about that, given it only impacts a small percentage of them. Sure, it could potentially screw any of them at any time, but a lot of people (not just NFL athletes) have a mentality of "Yeah but that won't happen to ME". It's hard to tell a player who, in his mind, has never done anything wrong, that they should hold out to remove the commissioners power to arbitrarily punish people who have. Not saying it's right, it's just all about what the majority of players will prioritize.

If it would cost a player, say $50K, (because of concessions that would have to be made to get the change) to have disciplinary stuff go to a truly independent arbitrator instead of the Omissioner, the players are 100% right not to make it a priority. And they'd still be right even if the cost was less than $50K.

 

[QuantumMechanic]

With respect to players having short careers, a number often bandied about is 3 years. However, does anyone know if that 3 years is a mean length or a median length? If it's mean, I could imagine it's artificially low due to all the scrubs who wash out in a year or less (i.e. people that never really had any realistic chance of having a "career").

Knowing what career length has 50% of players playing longer than and 50% of player playing shorter than would be interesting.

 

[FreeTedWilliams]

The Final vote will not be soon, and may not occur before the start of Free Agency. They (owners and Union) are meeting today to hash out if the the "final League Year" rules such as (2 tags per team, no post June 1 cuts, etc.) will apply.

It will be interesting to see if this new CBA gives the Pats and Brady some new loophole that will help both sides. Imagine if it included something like that and them when Brady re-signs with the Pats they get some sort of cap relief out of it because of some secret clause in the new CBA. The rest of the league will howl!!!!

There is a little-known codicil in the Faber College constitution...

 

[maust]

They should be fighting to remove article 47

Why do you think they should fight to remove their retirement plan?

 

[Joker]

Article 46....never, ever forget

 

[Froob]

They should be fighting to remove article 47

It's really not worth fighting for for the vast majority of players (assuming you meant article 46).

 

[Joker]

what has to be done is Goondell has to be removed , then brought before a federal magistrate, charged,tried and convicted for a plethora of RICO violations, sentenced to 20 years in federal prison and introduced to Bubba and Buford in the laundry back room of Leavenworth penitentiary.

 

[XLIX]

It's really not worth fighting for for the vast majority of players (assuming you meant article 46).

Same is true of the franchise tag. Players who get tagged hate it, but for hundreds of players, getting tag would practically be a dream come true compared to what they are earning.

 

[SHOWTIME15]

what has to be done is Goondell has to be removed , then brought before a federal magistrate, charged,tried and convicted for a plethora of RICO violations, sentenced to 20 years in federal prison and introduced to Bubba and Buford in the laundry back room of Leavenworth penitentiary.

you forgot about the public whipping...

 

[farn]

As for Article 46 : I suspect over half of the players in the league were "happy BB & Brady finally got caught".

 

[Hyped]

I am hoping that the players vote it in ASAP. I want no interruptions to the remainder of TB12's career. I can deal with a player strike 10 years from now when Brady is long gone....

 

[TB_Helmet]

I can’t remember the last time a CBA was negotiated in the NBA/MLB/NFL with this little disruption or fanfare.

 

[jah]

I can’t remember the last time a CBA was negotiated in the NBA/MLB/NFL with this little disruption or fanfare.

I was too young to understand what was going on during any CBA negotiations before the 2011 ones, but those 2011 negotiations were so brutal I assumed that was how it would always work.

 

[XLIX]

I was too young to understand what was going on during any CBA negotiations before the 2011 ones, but those 2011 negotiations were so brutal I assumed that was how it would always work.

2011 was a walk in the park compared to many past negotiations across various sports. We missed what? All of 1 exhibition game?

NHL has missed an entire season. MLB had the year of no World Series. NFL has had missed games plus those games with replacement players. I can only imagine having replacement players in today's media climate.