NFL | Upshaw agrees to push back free agency
Wed, 8 Mar 2006 19:56:33 -0800
ESPN.com reports after announcing the new
NFL labor agreement, the
NFL asked the players' union to push back the start of free agency from 12:01 a.m. ET Friday, March 10, to 12:01 a.m. ET Saturday, March 11. Gene Upshaw, executive director of the
NFL Players' Association, told ESPN's Chris Mortensen that since the
NFL has approved the labor proposal, he will grant the
NFL's request to push back free agency. Upshaw told Mortensen that while he has not yet actually granted the delay, he planned to do so. The formal announcement of the extension will likely come Thursday, March 9.