The NFL and NFL Players Association are inching closer to a new collective bargaining agreement, but not all of the league’s most influential players are on board with the latest proposal.
Aaron Rodgers was one of the “biggest objectors” to the latest version of the CBA before the union voted to submit it for approval early Wednesday morning, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports. Rodgers apparently wants the offseason schedule to be altered so players have more time to themselves.
Whereas Richard Sherman was one of the loudest voices against the proposed CBA last week, Aaron Rodgers was one of the biggest objectors last night, per sources. Rodgers wanted even more dramatic changes to the off-season program that included more free time for the players.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) February 26, 2020
A CBA is never going to totally satisfy both sides, and it doesn’t have to. By voting to submit the latest proposal for approval, the NFLPA has advanced the CBA talks to the stage where a simple majority of the roughly 2,000 players it impacts will need to sign off on it in order for it to be ratified. That means the new CBA could be agreed upon even if somewhere in the neighborhood of 1,000 players don’t approve of it.
There have been a number of other concerns with the new CBA, including the expansion of the regular season from 16 games to 17 games. While many players have been opposed to that, it is included in the latest proposal and seems like it is only a matter of time before a 17-game season is implemented.
