AFL, UNION REWORK CBA

On the day after the NFL Players Association elected a new Executive Director, the interim Executive Director struck a tentative deal in his joint capacity as acting Executive Director of the AFL Players Association.
The NFLPA announced the development earlier this afternoon via a press release.
Specifically, the AFL and the AFLPA have reached agreement on a term sheet. The agreement must now be ratified by the AFL’s owners and players.
“AFL players have remained steadfast in their love for their sport and their appreciation of their fans,” acting AFLPA Executive Director Richard Berthelsen said. “The players are doing everything reasonably possible to ensure that the AFL re-launches in 2010 and grows in the years to come. Players are making economic concessions now in return for a share of expected increases in the League’s value and revenue, because the players believe in the future of the AFL.”
The new agreement is part of a comprehensive restructuring aimed at allowing the AFL to return to action in 2010. Earlier this year, the 23-year-old indoor football league opted to suspend operations for the 2009 season.