The Start Of Free Agency To Be Delayed? (CBA Extension Talk)

[SunMo]

wait....PhillyGirl's a girl?

this is so awkward.

[BigEd76]

whats this about a cba extension?  where'd this talk come from?

Where's it being reported?  I heard something earlier but it didn't sound right given the AP article...

[Rome]

wait....PhillyGirl's a girl?

this is so awkward.

I giggled a little at that...

[MadMarchHare]

I shot your little theory to shtein and that's what you come back with....a chauvinistic comment.

Thrilling.

The point is he's right more than I would expect from random chance.  And you have a preset notion of his worth, which is unshakeable by any explanation, reasoned or otherwise.  It IS possible he's busier at work today than yesterday or the day before, yes?  An n=4 for a body of several years of work hardly produces a significant trend, BTW.

[The BIGSTUD]

It's a joke that they couldn't come to terms. For the future health of this league it's important a deal gets done. Even though it wold be funny to laugh at the taterskins, I would rather it get done.

[Feva]

There's nothing wrong with getting a new CBA done after the Skins have been gutted is there?

[ice grillin you]

absolutely not...the ultimate would be for them to implode their team this year then avoid a no cap year next year

if thats even possible...im still confused as to whether an agreement can be struck between tomorrow and next year

[SunMo]

it can be struck but next year will still be uncapped.  next year is technically the last year of the current CBA.  this capped/uncapped nonsense was merely a mechanisim installed into the current CBA to ensure that there is no lapse in collective barganing.  so, if they somehow come to an agreement for an extension of the CBA in the next couple months, 2007 will still be uncapped because the deadline for 2007 to stay capped will have passed.

[Feva]

Yeah, I think they can still negotiate.  Kinda the point I was making to PF. 

[The BIGSTUD]

Len Pasquerelli said they could still reach an extension of the CBA between now and next year, so if the CBA is extended, then wouldn't 2007 be capped? Extended is the key word. If not, then would 2008 be capped?

[Feva]

The NFL is delaying FA for 3 days, per ESPNEWS. 

[PhillyPhanInDC]

The NFL is delaying FA for 3 days, per ESPNEWS. 

Ah horseshtein.......this doesn't affect the deadline to be under that cap though does it? I am so stoked to watch the Skins be disassembled.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Everything pushed back 72 hours.  So much for Bloody Thursday.

[SunMo]

farg, farg, farg...i knew this would happen

[SunMo]

Len Pasquerelli said they could still reach an extension of the CBA between now and next year, so if the CBA is extended, then wouldn't 2007 be capped?

i don't think so, if so, what would be the point of having this hard deadline if the ramifications of it can be reversed with a CBA extension down the line?