LEAGUE, UNION START CBA TALKS (FINALLY)
ProFootballTalk.com —
With a CBA that won’t expire until 2011 at the earliest but also with the prospects of the “last capped year” threatening to create all sorts of challenges in 2009, the NFL and the NFL Players Association finally have commenced the process of negotiating a possible extension to the labor contract. Daniel Kaplan and Liz Mullen of SportsBusiness Daily report that the two sides met on May 8 in New York. NFLPA Executive Director Gene Upshaw’s weekly “100 words” item ...
NFL and NFL Player’s Association Begin Talks on CBA Extension
The Biz of Football :: Part of the Business of Sports Network —
... The NFLPA and members of the NFL have begun the first series of meetings in an effort to extend the current Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), which expires in 2011. On the NFLPA’s website, union leader Gene Upshaw writes: ...
NFL Owners, Players Begin 'Fact Finding' Mission Regarding CBA
The Mile High Report —
... Quietly, somewhat too quietly, the NFLPA and Owners sat down last week to begin looking at a new Collective Bargaining Agreement. In NFLPA Chief Gene Upshaw's weekly 100 Wordson the NFLPA website, the embattled Union Head had this to say about the proceedings -- ...
Will owners opt out?
The Official Blog of Chris Cooley —
Rumors that NFL owners will choose to opt out of the Collective Bargaining Agreement set in March of 2006 seem to be coming true . That agreement set guidelines so that if either the owners or the players didn't like their position they would have the option of opting out of the contract. Several owners are suggesting their organizations have become "cash strapped" because of the current arrangement. It is becoming clear that the disagreement has become prevalent within the "small-market" owners in the NFL. These owners have a problem with the current revenue sharing program where 60 percent of total revenue is given to the players. Owners complain that ...
Is the end of the salary cap era upon us?
Hogs Haven —
... Jason does not some urgency with the CBA, as he hypothesizes (and I've heard it elsewhere before) that once the owners play without the CBA, they won't ever go back. Essentially: if the CBA era ends on their watch, it will end forever. Forever seems like a long time to predict, but since that's the conventional wisdom I'll happily buy it. With that being the case, I really do hope the owners get their collective act together and extend the CBA.
So why is the CBA doomed? Says NFLPA President Gene Upshaw:
We met with NFL negotiators last Thursday in ...
The Cooley Zone: A player’s take on the owners opting out
Shutdown Corner —
Ed. note: Most of Chris Cooley's posts here on Shutdown Corner are Yahoo! Sports exclusives. This post, however, was originally published on Chris' personal blog, Outside Football. Enjoy. Rumors that NFL owners will choose to opt out
of the Collective Bargaining Agreement set in March of 2006 seem
to be coming true. That agreement set guidelines so that if either the
owners or the players didn't like their position they would have the option of
opting out of the contract. Several owners are suggesting their organizations
have become "cash strapped" because of the current arrangement. ...
