Comments on: The CBA in a nutshell

By: ubummer

ubummer — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 21:50:53 +0000

What about length of service to become an unrestricted FA? Is it 4 or 5 years or what?

And what about the Transition tag? Nobody was using it because of poison pills, did they get rid of the Transition tag or get rid of poison pills or what?

By: richm2256

richm2256 — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 20:11:36 +0000

So, boil it down for us all, Mike;

What exactly did the players gain by holding out these past four months, after walking away from the owners in March?

By: londonbengal

londonbengal — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 19:44:13 +0000

The biggest losers in this CBA deal could well be the agents.

Sounds good to me……

By: deadeye

deadeye — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 19:08:17 +0000

“Remind me why they oped out of the previous CBA?”

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Small market teams were in serious danger of losing money and unable to keep up with Dallas, New England, and Washington in free agent signings.

By: ghostrider25

ghostrider25 — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:58:23 +0000

Kwame F says:
ghostrider- I read somewhere that 18 game schedule is up for a vote in 2013

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Ugghh. I hope not.

By: patsandsox

patsandsox — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:51:23 +0000

Just glad it ended in time for the preseason.

I knew there was too much money to be lost for billonaire owners to sacrifice stupidly.

By: citizenstrange

citizenstrange — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:48:53 +0000

Thank God both sides could agree on throwing rookies under the bus.

By: eaglesfanxx

eaglesfanxx — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:38:33 +0000

It was great to listen to the owners, De Smith, Roger Goodell, and members of the NFLPA executive committee.

There was mutual respect. Robert Kraft was quite eloquent as he apologized to the fans for the lockout.

De Smith and Roger Goodell did a great job!

The NFLPA and the owners worked together to come to an agreement!

By: richkotitte

richkotitte — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:33:35 +0000

You forgot to mention in 2018 the players union make invoke the rule to extend Manning, Brady & Brees careers by invoking the “” for the good of the game.

By: Kwame F

Kwame F — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:33:05 +0000

ghostrider- I read somewhere that 18 game schedule is up for a vote in 2013

By: pftstory

pftstory — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:31:02 +0000

Here’s a game.

What team makes the first signing?
Who is the first player to change teams?

By: gothwolf

gothwolf — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:24:08 +0000

Wait. Going from 50% to 53%.

Okay, so if league-wide revenue is expected to be 10B next year, the owners are keeping an extra 300M. Divided by 32 teams, that’s a little over 9M per team. And in gaining that 9M, you’ve knocked 5 weeks from training camps and limited padded practices and increased the salary floor?

Remind me why they oped out of the previous CBA?

By: deadeye

deadeye — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:23:12 +0000

Neither side got everything they wanted, that means the CBA is essentially fair.

Things the players won:
salary floor (huge) , reduced OTAs , reduced training camp schedule , reduced regular season practices , lifetime health insurance (huge)

Things the owners won:
52% revenue split (huge) , rookie wage scale (huge) , no judicial oversight (huge) , better revenue sharing

The no opt out is neutral. Even though the owners wanted it, it’s most likely that if anyone needs it will be the owners. The details of the revenue sharing are going to be the key to this. With such a high salary floor, small market teams might still not be able to make it depending on how the real life numbers turn out. That’s the biggest danger in this CBA.

By: quizguy66

quizguy66 — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:21:23 +0000

“$620 will be used for a new “Legacy Fund,” which will be devoted to increasing pensions for pre-1993 retirees.”

So they are giving a whopping $620 total for all pre-1993 retirees to share? What’s that, like a nickel each?

-QG

By: sophandros

sophandros — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:18:23 +0000

You should know how to block and tackle by the time you’re playing in the NFL…

By: fballguy

fballguy — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:18:15 +0000

I’ll take it.

By: djrando7

djrando7 — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:18:01 +0000

thephantomstranger says:
Jul 25, 2011 2:13 PM
No, this is the CBA in a nutshell: “Help! I’m in a nutshell! How did I get into this bloody great big nutshell? What kind of shell has a nut like this?”
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LOL. EASY AUSTIN POWERS International Man of Mystery.

By: djrando7

djrando7 — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:16:44 +0000

FOOTBALL IS BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: ghostrider25

ghostrider25 — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:13:49 +0000

Is it just me or did the NFL [thankfully] fold on that 18 game schedule thing pretty quickly?

By: thephantomstranger

thephantomstranger — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:13:45 +0000

No, this is the CBA in a nutshell: “Help! I’m in a nutshell! How did I get into this bloody great big nutshell? What kind of shell has a nut like this?”

By: 4512dawg4512

4512dawg4512 — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:13:31 +0000

Thanks for simplifying it, makes sense. I’m more than ready for some football!

By: oldbrowndawg

oldbrowndawg — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:13:26 +0000

And it took MONTHS to negotiate this deal? Could have been done in a week without the lawyers and the phony “anti-trust” lawsuit. Hopefully this will be a lesson for the players ten years from now!

And now, let’s get to the long awaited business of PRO FOOTBALL!!!! Lawyers out, teams in!

By: footballfanatic3431

footballfanatic3431 — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:13:08 +0000

Dear lockout,

Na na na na, Na na na na, HEY HEY HEY, GOOODBYEEEEEEEEEEEEE

By: twitter:Chapman_Jamie

twitter:Chapman_Jamie — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:12:44 +0000

The padded practice thing is nonsense. If high school kids have to do it why can’t these guys?

By: massappeal12345

massappeal12345 — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:11:44 +0000

We signed it, now we’ll have to see what’s in it.

Wait!! That was nancy polosi on o’bamacare.

By: zoxitic

zoxitic — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:11:29 +0000

My favorite part:

“Measures to prevent rookie holdouts were also put into the deal, in part by making the rookie contracts simpler.”

By: egls7

egls7 — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:11:12 +0000

ITS OVER!!!

By: nyctexan

nyctexan — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:10:47 +0000

Sweet, beautiful poetry