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NFL Owners Opt Out Of CBA....What It Really Means
Published 5/20/2008 by TheSportsGuru at The Mile High Report
... Yes, the sky is falling, cats and dogs are living together, left is right and right is left.  The NFL Owners have done exactly what everyone thought they were going to do, voting unaminously to opt out of the current Collective Bargaining Agreement.  Since the annoucement there has been alot of talk, complete BS is more accurate, about what it means for the NFL now and in the immediate future.  There are several fine articles, like HERE and HERE .   What I want to do is combine the best of the best information here so we ...

NFL Owners Opt Out of Labor Deal
Published 5/20/2008 by Kyle at BroncoTalk
... The players also have something at stake here - 2010 may seem to bring a pot of gold in the form of an uncapped year, but that’s only at face value. Dig deeper and you’ll see that the players have plenty to fear if that happens as well, including a 50% longer period before they can become a free agent, and less teams able to dip into the free agent pool. More on the subject via the terrific April Peter King article here. ...