32-0 Owners OPT Out

[BillsFanInPeace]

OWNERS VOTE 32-0 TO OPT OUT OF CBA

Posted by Mike Florio on May 20, 2008, 10:08 a.m.
What a difference two years make.
In March 2006, thirty of the league’s owners voted in favor of a Collective Bargaining Agreement that gives 59 percent of the total football revenues to the players. Now, all of them have voted to pull the plug on it two years early.
Per Adam Schefter of NFL Network, the owners voted unanimously on Tuesday morning not to extend the CBA through the 2012 season.
Only nine votes were necessary to kill the deal early. Presumably, the unanimous vote is the result of an effort by the owners to project a united front in their negotiations with the union. (We’d heard that Commissioner Roger Goodell was trying to get the owners to defer the decision. So much for that.)
It also makes us think that the owners aren’t yet serious about worst-case scenarios like an uncapped year or a work stoppage. Instead, the 32-0 vote tells us that they see no harm in trying to negotiate a better deal. The worst-case scenario would be agreeing to the same terms that they presently intend to honor for the next three seasons.

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[Justasportsfan]

That senile old crusty Ralph Wilson and the clueless Bengals owner were right. Jerry Jones and co. got PWNED !!!!

 

[Phin-o-rama]

 

[SpaceMountain16]

with Matt Ryan's deal today, why am i not surprised.

 

[MiamiDolfan85]

with Matt Ryan's deal today, why am i not surprised.

totally self-explainitory...he made a rookie contract record...and he was the 3rd pick...I know he is a QB and Long is a Tackle,but even Philip Rivers wasn't paid more than Ryan,and what happens if Ryan busts....players like Rivers are going to be upset,because their proven,and yet an unproven scrubb is making much more money than they are/did,and the worst part about it is they(people like Rivers) become more tradable/valuable,than they actually are....I'd trade for Rivers before I trade for Ryan:shakeno:....

 

[WISfinfan13]

totally self-explainitory...he made a rookie contract record...and he was the 3rd pick...I know he is a QB and Long is a Tackle,but even Philip Rivers wasn't paid more than Ryan,and what happens if Ryan busts....players like Rivers are going to be upset,because their proven,and yet an unproven scrubb is making much more money than they are/did,and the worst part about it is they(people like Rivers) become more tradable/valuable,than they actually are....I'd trade for Rivers before I trade for Ryan:shakeno:....

Rivers signed his contract, what 4 years ago?? Of course he doesnt make as much money

 

[phinfan33]

how much was Ryans contract for?

 

[SpaceMountain16]

^ Well it's 34 million guaranteed which is three million more than the number one pick Jake Long. I believe it's 72 million over 7 years if i heard correctly. Certainly i dont fault Ryan or the Falcons for the ridiculous deal, it's just how much rookie contracts are going up. They really need to stop this with some kind of rookie cap before we're seeing guys get 100 million dollar deals and 50 million guaranteed before they ever play a game.

 

[Bonedoc7777]

good, the cap does not work in football at all, you get a bunch of mediocore teams and a few good ones, player careers average 2.75 years, so with six years being the minimum to qualify for FA not many guys will ever get there, you also dont have to let go of aging veterans and rookies who have done nothing wont get a boatload of money, all you have to do in football is draft young players well and you stay good

 

[motormeat0170]

I agree with what the owners are doing in theory... These rookie salaries have gotten out of control.... I love how Gene Upshaw says that the players will not go back to playing in a salary capped league:sidelol:... Give me a break man the owners hold the cards here...

 

[Coral Reefer]

I don't blame the owners one bit here.

The rookie system NEEDS to be fixed here.

 

[Bonedoc7777]

with the fact that most players dont make six years, a cap is useless anyway