MERGED: Cut Dealine Extended to 10:00 PM

[FinAtic8480]

NFL | Free agency could be postponed again
Sun, 5 Mar 2006 10:25:33 -0800
Mark Maske, of the Washington Post, reports a union official said just before 11:15 a.m. Sunday, March 5, that a new bargaining session was about to begin. Gene Upshaw, the executive director of the Players Association, and Richard Berthelsen, the union's general counsel, traveled back to New York from Washington this morning after leaving New York when talks broke down Saturday, March 4. Another participant in the talks said just before today's bargaining session began that any optimism should be tempered, however, because the sides had not yet resumed face-to-face negotiations and there still was plenty of work to be done. It seemed possible that the two sides could agree to a second postponement of the opening of the free-agent market, scheduled for midnight, if they made progress today but could not complete a deal. Even if the parties emerge from today's negotiations with a tentative agreement, the owners and players would have to ratify the deal.

 

[Dolphin$]

NFL | Labor deal getting closer; free agency to be pushed back to Wednesday?
Sun, 5 Mar 2006 13:41:51 -0800
Mark Maske, of the Washington Post, reports negotiators for <A href="http://www.kffl.com/team/77/nfl">NFL team owners and the players' union were making progress Sunday afternoon, March 5, toward settlement on an extension of their collective bargaining agreement, sources familiar with the deliberations said. It appeared increasingly likely that the league would push back the opening of the free-agent market, scheduled for midnight tonight, for a second time, perhaps until Wednesday, March 8. Sources said the owners and players were progressing toward a compromise in which players would receive approximately 59 percent of a greatly expanded pool of league revenues as compensation under a salary-cap system.

 

[Jimmy James]

I also saw this coming. They'll push back to Wednesday and get this sucker done tomorrow.

 

[Bonedoc7777]

can you say shopping

 

[Aqua4Ever04]

Hey, almost anything is worth it to get a new CBA

 

[RalphX19X]

I dont care if its puhed back a month as long as we can get the CBA done.

 

[RnR3423]

NFL | Labor deal getting closer; free agency to be pushed back to Wednesday?
Sun, 5 Mar 2006 13:41:51 -0800
Mark Maske, of the Washington Post, reports negotiators for NFL team owners and the players' union were making progress Sunday afternoon, March 5, toward settlement on an extension of their collective bargaining agreement, sources familiar with the deliberations said. It appeared increasingly likely that the league would push back the opening of the free-agent market, scheduled for midnight tonight, for a second time, perhaps until Wednesday, March 8. Sources said the owners and players were progressing toward a compromise in which players would receive approximately 59 percent of a greatly expanded pool of league revenues as compensation under a salary-cap system

 

[Dors156]

i dont care just as long the deal gets done

 

[JayCee]

ESPN/Sirius: Cut Dealine Extended to 10:00 PM

On Sirius they just reported that the team cuts deadline is moved from 6PM to 10 PM tonight, and that free agency still starts at midnight. Would appreciate to any other source see if this is correct -- Thanks

 

[Nublar7]

Mort announced it on ESPN also.

 

[TractorTraylor]

On Sirius they just reported that the team cuts deadline is moved from 6PM to 10 PM tonight, and that free agency still starts at midnight. Would appreciate to any other source see if this is correct -- Thanks

Yea, go to the big article about the CBA on ESPN.Com (nfl section), it says it there as well

 

[Avalanche of Wins]

makes sense since i havent heard a sinlge thing about any releases yet today. i hope free agency does in fact start on time as well, and brees signs at 1201

 

[Dolphin$]

On Sirius they just reported that the team cuts deadline is moved from 6PM to 10 PM tonight, and that free agency still starts at midnight. Would appreciate to any other source see if this is correct -- Thanks

yeah they just said it on espnews also

 

[finsrule84]

so does this mean they're really close on a deal?

 

[JayCee]

so does this mean they're really close on a deal?

I thought so, but they also said on Sirius radio that "they aren't as close as they would like to be" on the CBA deal.