Al Davis has always had issues with the revenue sharing agreement.

So there’s a lot going on here that is being lost amid the “who won who lost” and “who is greedy” discussion, which is played by now.

despite this – the players freak out because this wasnt originally negotiated. So in response they ask for a 7 year opt out provision – apparently as a horse trade to approve the revenue sharing. that’s BS! just approve the deal you idiots and stop acting like spoiled brats.

I can just imagine Kessler sitting back letting De negotiate this deal only so he can come in and blow it up by pointing out all these things the owners wanted, or this language that doesn’t sit right, all so that he fulfills his wet dream of ruining football as we know it.

This sucks.

Sorry, but its hard to make D. Smith, the other NFLPA clowns and the shoot-from- the -lip NFL flunkies with their inane tweets sound sympathetic.

This was an issue effecting the the CBA because until the owners settled their own differences it would/could impact on the final CBA with the players. De Smith said from day one that was the owners problem and their issue to deal with – SO THEY HAVE – and now he stays this is a problem, WTF is problem, I expect stalling, this has Kessler written all over it – playing on the fears of the the players to delay, delay, delay and he gets $$$$$$$$$.

WAAAAH!!! IT’S ALL ABOUT MEEEEE!”

Losers.

It’ll be over soon, and all you cry-baby sissies who claimed you were “done” will come crawling back claiming YOU’RE the biggest fan.

Pathetic.

Give up the 320 million that you agreed to give up via the last CBA (that the players ratified), tell Vincent Jackson to shut the Hell up, sign the damn contract, and play freaking football. My sympathy level for the players is done. The owners are no saints, but the players dug this hole and refused to do much about it until the last minute. I swear to God I’m about to just watch Australian rules football and be done with it.

It’s also dealing in bad faith to work out an agreement for vote and then slip in any other details. If it was simply a matter of how the owners will distribute the revenue between teams with no effect on the player it wouldn’t have required players vote. No, the owners are trying to pull a fast one…. again.

as much as i think D.Smith is a douche what are you talking about? stay off that reefer

Since the real “broken business model” for the owners was revenue sharing to cover the disparity between the Jones’s and the Browns, they wanted to see how much they could squeeze out of the players first before determining how much needed to be shared to keep the poorer teams afloat.

No media source has any direct knowledge of the above issue. The entire process has been under a gag order by the federal mediator. The mediator did not want the media inflaming the process by spreading rumors based upin innuendo.