Since August of 2007, the Patriots re-upped with Ty Warren, the Patriots haven’t extended any of their veterans past 2010. (After the ’10 season, the current CBA will expire.)
Patriots Robert Kraft explained the thought process behind it recently.
“We don’t know what the rules are going to be (under the next CBA),” said Kraft. “We know our agreement is going to have to change. It’s not sustainable the way it is now for the entire league.”
Asked if teams may be assessed luxury taxes, Kraft said, “We don’t know what it’s going to be.”
“We don’t know what the rules will be and we don’t want to put ourselves in a position where we could be penalized for making poor decisions now when we don’t know what the rules are. No one knows, we don’t know. What could happen is we don’t have any agreement.”