New Dawg was there for the duration along with Gil Tyree for OSG
So, here's where we are...
The owners got together in one of the many airport hotels in Atlanta and discussed their future. They thought they came up with a great CBA for themselves...
NFL owners voted 31-0 with the Oakland Raiders abstaining from the ratification in favor of a tentative 10-year agreement to end the four-month-old lockout pending player approval.
The vote was here are the greatest hits...
An agreement that covers the 2011 through 2020 seasons, including the 2021 draft.
Reducing the offseason program by five weeks and reducing OTA's from 14 to 10. Full-contact practices in the preseason and regular season and increasing number of days off for players. During two-a-days, contact itself will be limited.
A rookie wage scale gets four-year contracts for all drafted players (option for five years on first-rounders) and three-year contracts for undrafted free agents.
Unrestricted free agency for players after four seasons with RFA status for players with three seasons.
Close to a billion dollars wil go to a "Legacy Fund," which will be devoted to increasing pensions for pre-1993 retirees.
Salary cap plus benefits of $142.4 million per club in 2011 and at least that amount in 2012 and 2013.
Teams have to spend in the neighborhood of 90-percent of the cap or 99-percent of league operating revenues...
Here's Jim Irsay again talking everything from the Krafts to the, ahem, settlement...
But that's where the fun started shortly after 7PM eastern time. The player's trade association said they weren't consulted on some aspects of the new CBA- and they weren't pleased...
The NFL is saying the PA has to recertify by mid-week... general counsel Richard Berthelsen said in an e-mail...
"In addition to depriving the players of the time needed to consider forming a union and making needed changes to the old agreement, this proposed procedure would in my view also violate federal labor laws..."
FOSG Mark Berman caught up with Houston Texans co-player rep Eric Winston
((HT: MyFoxHouston))
NFL Owners Ratify New CBA: MyFoxHOUSTON.com
But Chiefs boss Clark Hunt is happy it's done- even if it's really not...
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