Schefter reveals the framework of the new deal

[BlueThunder]

cheaters.....

 

[NEPats1]

Some interesting tidbits:

NFLPA* executive director DeMaurice Smith asked Goodell to speak to the assembled rookies, and Goodell agreed. Goodell will meet with the rookies Wednesday at the Ritz-Carlton in Sarasota, Florida.

Goodell and Smith left the labor negotiations on Tuesday to fly to Florida, and they’ll fly back to Minnesota on Wednesday after Goodell speaks to the rookies. Their airplane time together could go a long way toward ironing out any lingering labor issues. The fact that Smith felt sufficiently comfortable in the relationship to ask and that Goodell felt sufficiently comfortable in the relationship to accept bodes well not only for getting a deal done, but also for achieving long-term labor peace, a prospect that seemed unthinkable in the middle of May.

Goodell will speak at NFLPA* rookie symposium | ProFootballTalk

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SI says Goodell to speak at NFLPA rookie symposium. Do you really think D-Smith would ask Roger to speak if deal wasn't close?

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[spacecrime]

But you can cheat the cap in perpetude if you like under the old system. Like the national debt, you can just keep pushing money into the future and never pay it off. That is why Daniel Snyder could spend like a drunken sailor year after year without going into cap hell. In theory, it will always catch up to you, but in practice teams continually get more money by pushing money out.

I wouldn't mind seeing a few loopholes closed up. Watching Snyder spend more than "is allowed" year after year is tiresome. On the other hand, it doesn't do him much good does it. At least a drunken sailor gets drunk for his money. Snyder only gets screwed by guys like Haynesworth. Personally, I'd rather get drink

 

[spacecrime]

That is why Daniel Snyder could spend like a drunken sailor year after year

You are going to have to explain in detail what you are talking about before I am going to believe you. Saying that someone spent like a "drunken sailor" without getting into trouble does not explain anything. What was he doing?

Google Snyder and "Free Agent Splash" and you will soon understand the reference to Snyder and spending like a drunken sailor.