NFL owners unanimous, will opt out of labor deal

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NFL Owners Opt out of CBA - Work Stoppage Looms in 2011
Published 5/20/2008 by Berger at Sports Business Radio blogs
... Could the United States' healthiest pro sports league be headed for a work stoppage? After NFL owners opted out of the current Collective Bargaining Agreement this morning, that could certainly be a possibility in 2011 now. ...

NFL Tuesday: Owners Opt Out of CBA; Taylor to Miss Minicamp
Published 5/20/2008 by Joel 'DiG' DiGiacomo at Football for Breakfast
NFL Owners Opts Out of CBA: NFL.com | ESPN | AP AFC News Dolphins: Taylor to Miss Minicamp to Be L.A. (ESPN) Jaguars: Fred Taylor Still Feeling Like a Rookie (Florida Times-Union) Texans: Andre Johnson Has Knee Scoped (Houston Chronicle) Bengals: Bengals Part with Odell Thurman — ‘Not Seen the Right Steps Taken by (Him)’ (Cincinnati Enquirer) Broncos: ...

Owners Vote Unanimously: No More CBA
Published 5/20/2008 by Doug Farrar at Football Outsiders
Owners Vote Unanimously: No More CBA The NFLPA has been notified that all 32 team owners have voted unanimously to opt out of the current Collective Bargaining Agreement. This could lead to an uncapped year in 2010 — seemingly a financial free-for-all — and a potential lockout in 2011. The salary cap will be in place for the 2008 and 2009 seasons. The current CBA was extended in March, 2006, with an opt-out clause for November of 2008, which was taken early. “A collective bargaining agreement has to work for both sides,” the NFL said Tuesday morning. “If the agreement provides ...

NFL owners opt-out of CBA; Newman deal possible
Published 5/20/2008 by Dave Halprin (Grizz) at Blogging The Boys: Front Page Posts
... If there’s one thing I hate writing about it’s the labor issues of the NFL. I don’t know enough about it to speak authoritatively, but it’s an issue now as the owners have shortened the current CBA to end after the 2010 season. ...

Washington Redskins are 2010 Super Bowl Champs
Published 5/20/2008 by dwagner at Riggo's Rag | A Blog For Washington Redskins Fans
... Yes, my friends and fellow Redskins fans, the bomb dropped.  The best of all bombs.  The short-sighted, stupendously dumb for small market teams, blockbuster bomb was dropped.  What am I talking about?  I’m talking about how the cheapskate owners ditched the CBA today. Barring a new agreement, and let’s face it, there is no incentive for players or about half the owners to come to one, the 2010 season will be played with no salary cap. ...

Breaking down the NFL labor problems.
Published 5/20/2008 by Billy Krumb at Clubhouse Cancer
... “The current labor agreement does not adequately recognize the cost of generating the revenues of which the players receive the largest shares; nor does the agreement recognize that those costs have increased substantially -- and at an ever increasing rate -- in recent years during a difficult economic climate in our country,” the NFL said. ...

Who’s the Dummy Now?
Published 5/20/2008 by Kevin at BfloBlog.com
... to cram an unfair revenue sharing agreement down the throats of small market teams, only Ralph Wilson and Paul Brown of the Bengals balked. And only Ralph Wilson had the balls to stand up and say it was wrong. The revenue sharing agreement had to be approved because the league and the players were on the verge of a strike over the collective bargaining agreement, so the agreements were rushed through in time to save the 2006 season. Today, the owners voted unanimously to opt out of the current labor deal. To be fair, most of Mr. Wilson’s ...

Well this can't be good...
Published 5/20/2008 by Fooch at Niners Nation: Front Page Posts
... I was checking the world wide leader today and almost overlooked this article.  The NFL owners voted to opt out of the current labor deal, which could lead to no salary cap in 2010, and even worse, a lockout in 2011.  First and foremost, I'm amazed this wasn't thrown up on the front page of ESPN.com.  Lance Berkman's having a great year, but I think that it would be important info for at least one day. ...

Sorry For Not Caring About the NFL Lockout (Yet)
Published 5/20/2008 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
... !!! IN 2011!!! This was like the potential college football playoff … in a few years. Yawn. We haven’t even planned our winter vacation yet, and the NFL wants us to care about the potential for problems in 2011? Pass. But the ...

Uh oh, owners nix NFL collective bargaining agreement
Published 5/20/2008 by VanRam at Turf Show Times: Front Page Posts
... If you thought a 3-13 season for the Rams sucked, imagine a season without the NFL's salary cap. Far fetched? No, after the NFL owners voted unanimously to opt out of the Collective Bargaining Agreement this morning, that's tentatively what the league could face in 2010 before a possible lock out in 2011. ...

Sabres and Bills Stuff
Published 5/21/2008 by TheTick at Honk if you love justice!
... gives Ralph Wilson (Buffalo Bills owner) some love for speaking out against the NFL CBA back in ‘06, the one the owners just unanimously voted to opt-out of.  I’ll be back soon with my look at the Stanley Cup finals and any other cool stuff I missed while throwing down a huge carnival B-Day party for my boy. ...

Is the NFL dead?
Published 5/21/2008 by emmettjones at Sports Business Digest
... draft would end after the 2011 season if a new agreement is not put in place. Without the tag option, all you’ve really done is ensure that big revenue teams may have to wait a few years before buying a championship, or that they’ll alternate between championships with another big revenue teams…long gone will be the days of the small market championship. That being said, why would those small to medium market owners ever opt out of the current CBA? ESPN’s John Clayton has the answer. …Upshaw said Goodell’s e-mail ...

Wild World of Wednesday - May 21, 2008
Published 5/21/2008 by Apryl DeLancey (noreply@blogger.com) at Women Like Sports
... The NFL could be headed for some interesting years ahead. The vote by the owners this week paves the way for a salary cap-less 2010 season and a possible lockout the next. In addition, there is talk of making the pre-season shorter and adding a ...

Richest Owners, or, Who Has $$ To Spend If NFL Goes Uncapped
Published 5/22/2008 at End Zone Buzz
... It was not a surprise when the NFL owners voted to opt out of the current labor deal two years early, as this had been talked about for a while now. But there are ramifications, and one of those is, if no labor deal is in place by 2010, that season will be played without a salary cap. So, owners have free reign to spend whatever they please on player contracts, much like baseball. Unlike baseball, the NFL is the most lucrative sport in the country, so there should be more money to spend. ...

I may never care about the NFL again
Published 5/26/2008 by JR (noreply@blogger.com) at Flotsam - We'll tell you what to think
... Man, did you hear the news about the NFL collective bargaining agreement? That the NFL owners might stage a lockout in 2011? That would be, quite possibly, the worst thing that's ever happened to my professional sports world. ...