Rumor Mill: NFL and NFLPA agree to terms of new CBA

Started by Father Demon, February 27, 2006, 07:42:45 PM

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Father Demon

For what it's worth...

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

QuoteCBA IS "DONE," BUT . . . .

A league source tells us that a deal between the NFL and the NFL Players Association on an extension to the Collective Bargaining Agreement is "done," and that the only thing keeping the thing from being signed and sealed is the absence of a firm arrangement among owners regarding an expansion of revenue sharing.

The only remaining problem is that the new CBA replaces "Defined Gross Revenues" (i.e., the stuff that has been shared by the 32 teams for years) with "Total Football Revenues" (i.e., every penny earned).  And if every penny earned, including stuff that isn't currently shared, goes into the formula for determining the salary cap, the problem is that the low-earning teams will see their individual cap numbers influenced by the much bigger money being raked in by other teams.

Stay tuned.  It's looking more and more like it's only a matter of time before the owners work this thing out.  As they should.
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Father Demon

Should have put this in the other thread....   merge, please///
The drawback to marital longevity is your wife always knows when you're really interested in her and when you're just trying to bury it.