OWNERS VOTE 32-0 TO OPT OUT OF CBA

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Blog-O-Rama: NFL Owners Declare CBA Now DOA
Published 5/20/2008 by jason at SPORTSbyBROOKS
• PRO FOOTBALL TALK tallies the votes on the CBA, and the NFL owners unanimously decide to make it DOA . NFL logo collage Such news could soon mean job cuts at the NFL Network . It’s a good thing Bryant Gumbel already left early . • THE WIZARD OF ODDS finds Pete Carroll touring the USC campus & asking people if they know who he is . • WITH LEATHER argues that if interleague play ain’t broke, why fix it ? • DEADSPIN bids a fabulous fond farewell to Mike Piazza . • 100% INJURY RATE tosses over video of Maria Sharapova ...

Killing Time: CBA, OTA, and the Third Pick
Published 5/21/2008 by TBird41 (noreply@blogger.com) at The Ragnarok
It's been a long 2 weeks. Personal Computer problems combined with a lot of work have prevented me from posting, but rest assured, I haven't left yet (comforting, isn't it). A lot has gone on, so let's dive right in: The End of the NFL? The owners opted out of the CBA yesterday, for a variety of reasons that Pro Football Talk covered pretty well: the high cost of credit, a rookie pay scale and their inability to recoup bonuses when a player misbehaves. Now, they have until 2011 to reach a deal with the players union, so its not quite time to ...