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

[PhillyPhreak54]

Schefter on NFL Network:

Talks have broken off. (obviously)

Talks are at a stalemate in regards to the deadline going from 12:01 tonight to Wednesday at 4pm. Talks are off and free agency will begin tonight. The deadline from 6pm to 10pm was a unilateral decison. But the NFLPA will not agree to extend the deadline to Wednesday. Talks are still going on, but going nowhere.

He says do not be surprised to see it pushed back to WED but they are not really getting anywhere now with that.

That kinda confuses me. 

Me too. But just writing what he says.

Basically he said that the shtein is scheduled to start at 12:01 but they are talking about going to WED. He said those could still happen since they have time to talk, but it very well couldn't too.

He's talking out both sides of his mouth.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Schefter:

The discussions about moving FA from tonight at 12:01am to Wednesday at 4pm or later are still on-going. But they are getting nowhere with these discussions. It could happen still (the extension) but it is very slim.

[NGM]

For better or worse I wish this shtein would just end.  This is one of my favorite times of the year ecspecially when the Eagles are willing to spend.  All work and no Free Agency makes NGM a dull boy.

[PhillyPhanInDC]

For better or worse I wish this shtein would just end.  This is one of my favorite times of the year ecspecially when the Eagles are willing to spend.  All work and no Free Agency makes NGM a dull boy.

It also makes Beermonkey smell like pooh for some strange reason......

[PhillyPhreak54]

TALKS BREAK OFF AGAIN

Chris Mortensen of ESPN reports that talks between the NFL and NFLPA have broken down again, just when it seemed that the two sides were closing in on a deal.

The most recent impasse was not accompanied by the usual gloom-and-doom pronouncement from NFLPA executive director Gene Upshaw or one of his cronies.  This could mean that the union doesn't want to risk pissing anyone off on the management side of the equation in case talks resume. 

Or it could mean that Upshaw and company realize that the Chicken Little routine hasn't done much to shore up their credibility.

The next step will be for all teams to get in compliance with the 2006 salary cap by 10:00 p.m. EST Sunday.  This means that teams currently over the limit of $94.53 million will have to reduce cap numbers and/or cut players within the next three hours. 

As a result, things will be getting a little hectic.

Interestingly, the NFL wanted to extend the start of the league year until Wednesday, but the NFLPA refused.

This is all welcome news to the cap-rich teams like Arizona, Minnesota, Green Bay, and Cleveland.  We're told that at least one of those teams was getting more than a little chafed about the fact that teams which hadn't properly planned for compliance with the $94.53 million salary cap were continuing to secure reprieves.

Even if the new league year begins without a deal, that doesn't mean that a deal won't get done soon.  We've recently heard that, even after free agency begins, the point of no return won't arrive until late April or early May.

But if a new CBA is reached after guys start signing free agent contracts under the restrictive rules of the final capped year, there could be some rancor in locker rooms as guys get better deals later in the offseason.

If we were negotiating a player contract right now (and players everywhere should be glad we aren't), we'd insert language triggering a hefty roster bonus or an option bonus if there's eventually a CBA extension

[The BIGSTUD]

Doesn't this mean that if we sign Bentley it'll only be a one year deal? That would suck for the Eagles. Getting all these players but only for one year deals because they want to hold out for the CBA extension for the big payday.

[The BIGSTUD]

TALKS RESUME AT 8:30 EST



A league source tells us that talks between the NFL and the NFLPA will resume at 8:30 p.m. EST Sunday.



Maybe they were just hungry, or perhaps they're curious to see whether Jake Gyllenhaal wins the Oscar for best support actor in Brokeback.



Actually, we're hearing that the owner of one of the high-revenue teams is mucking up the efforts to strike a deal that will work for the union, the league, the low-revenue clubs, and the big-money clubs.



Stay tuned.

[Geowhizzer]

TALKS RESUME AT 8:30 EST



A league source tells us that talks between the NFL and the NFLPA will resume at 8:30 p.m. EST Sunday.



Maybe they were just hungry, or perhaps they're curious to see whether Jake Gyllenhaal wins the Oscar for best support actor in Brokeback.



Actually, we're hearing that the owner of one of the high-revenue teams is mucking up the efforts to strike a deal that will work for the union, the league, the low-revenue clubs, and the big-money clubs.


Stay tuned.

And just whom would that be? 

[Zanshin]

In the middle of the Oscars??!!?!  That's crazy talk.  No way they'd diss IGY like that.

[Rome]

Free agency delayed again.  This time, it's for 72 hours.

Delightful.

In other news, I think Phreak's head just exploded.

[PhillyPhreak54]

My head, like the entire internet structurem did indeed explode. I couldn't get on to any sites and I was trippin. I am mad. I'm tired and slightly drunk.

[SD_Eagle5]

If a deals not reached by the next deadline I'm rioting.

[Rome]

I was mad because I was forced to watch the Oscars instead of talking about free agency all night.

For that reason, and that reason alone, Tagliabue & Upshaw can kiss my farging ass.

 

[Feva]

farg the NFL.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

farg the NFL.

attention-wh0ring dciks.