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

[NGM]

The current Jets owner is Woody Johnson.

Indeed.

I really thought you were making that up.  Its much better that you didn't. 

[hunt]

i hope they delay free agency again...i'm not quite ready for it yet.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

"We haven't punched anyone yet," Rooney said.

Happy Gilmore.

[Rome]

i hope they delay free agency again...i'm not quite ready for it yet.

I actually  at that, hunt.

[SunMo]

i'd put 3 to 2 odds on FA not starting at 12:01am 3/9/2006.

i'd also put 1 to 1 odds on Art being a toolbag, whatever happens.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Who cares when free agency starts?  We already got Shawn Barber!

[ice grillin you]

i'd put 3 to 2 odds on FA not starting at 12:01am 3/9/2006

then youre guaranteeing the owners ratify today

[SunMo]

or they still have a "chance" and will push it back again

[PhillyPhanInDC]

PFT.com:

JONES SAYS OWNERS TOOK A STEP BACKWARDS

ESPN.com reports that the owners aren't making much progress on their second day in Dallas for meetings regarding an extension to the CBA.

"I don't think we're progressing.  I think it will go to the last minute. I think we've probably had a step back today," Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said.

Per ESPN, the owners are looking at two revenue-sharing models.  Under a system proposed by the Steelers, each team would put 25 percent of local revenues into a pool that would be distributed to the teams at the lower end of the earning spectrum.

The Patriots and Jets are proposing an expansion to a little-known system of supplemental revenue sharing that's already in place.  We've previously heard that there is some dissatisfaction regarding the manner in which the NFL currently divvies up the additional revenue; presumably, the Pats/Jets plan will hinge enhanced revenue sharing to factors such as a franchise's overall financial picture -- and its efforts (or lack thereof) to earn more money on its own.

We've previously proposed a system that takes a set percentage of the local revenue of every team and funnels it to players on a league-wide basis according to factors such as seniority and performance.  But who in the hell listens to us? 

If no agreement can be reached among the owners (and thus no deal will be reached with the NFLPA), each team will be required to be under the $94.53 million salary cap by 9:00 p.m. EST Wednesday, and free agency will launch at 12:01 a.m. Thursday.

Though the union has said that the deadlines won't be extended again, the union previously has said that the deadline would never be extended beyond March 2.

It has since been extended twice

[qwert246]

The league is going to keep pushing back the deadline until the players pressure Upshaw to just sign a deal.
Players get ancy, owners don't.

[rjs246]

Ancy?

[qwert246]

Ancy?

It's a funny word.  Basically means anxious or impatient.   
Players want to play.  They don't want their livelihood farged with.

[mpmcgraw]

It isnt a word it is a suffix.

I think he knew what it meant.

[rjs246]

Oh, 'Antsy.' Got it.

[hunt]

it's a fantsy word.