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Quarterback salaries have surged in the NFL, with most top signal-callers topping $30 million annually when signing a new deal. That was enough for owners to try to step in during the latest CBA negotiations. According to Jeremy Fowler of ESPN, NFL …
The new NFL collective bargaining agreement may be facing a legal challenge already. Free agent safety Eric Reid has enlisted lawyer Mark Geragos to try to invalidate the new CBA. In a letter to the NFLPA, Reid’s lawyer alleges that the version …
The NFL and NFL Players Association have a new collective bargaining agreement in place. On Sunday, the NFLPA released a statement announcing that the new CBA has been approved by a vote total of 1,019 to 959. All that was needed for the CBA to be …
The NFL Players Association announced on Monday that the deadline for players to vote on the new proposed collective bargaining agreement has been pushed back to Saturday from Thursday, and teams will now have extra time to decide whether or not they …
It’s no secret that NFL players are quite publicly divided about the benefits and drawbacks of the league’s proposed collective bargaining agreement. In a certain sense, so are the owners. According to Jeremy Fowler of ESPN, some owners …
The proposed CBA has been passed on to the players for a full vote, but several of those players have made it clear that they’re opposed to the proposal. Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has been one of the major dissenters in …
The NFL and NFL Players Association are moving closer to agreeing upon a new collective bargaining agreement, but Maurkice Pouncey feels very strongly about the union not signing off on the current proposal. The NFLPA voted early Wednesday morning to …
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 …
The NFL took another major step on Wednesday toward having a new collective bargaining agreement in place before the 2020 season. NFL owners met last week and approved the terms of a proposed new collective bargaining agreement between the league and …
The sticking point between NFL owners and players is largely what it has been all along — the length of the regular season. According to Dan Graziano of ESPN, the proposed 17-game schedule remains the major objection the NFLPA has to the …
NFL owners met on Thursday and approved the terms of a proposed new collective bargaining agreement between the league and the NFL Players Association, but it sounds like there is still a long way to go before a new CBA is in place. The NFLPA’s …
Major changes are coming to the NFL playoff format under the proposed new CBA. According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the NFL is set to expand the playoffs to seven teams in each conference, reducing the first-round byes from two teams to one and …
There continue to be signs of optimism coming from at least one camp in the NFL’s ongoing collective bargaining negotiations. According to Michael Silver of NFL Media, “significant progress” has been made in CBA negotiations between …
With the baseball season just starting to heat up and the NHL and NBA playoffs well underway, it’s easy to forget that we might not have football to look forward to in the fall. NFL players are currently locked out of team facilities while guys …
Perhaps you’ve been caught up in the playoffs extravaganza with the NBA and NHL. Maybe spring baseball is what captivates. After all, if the season ended today… you’d have a lot of confused people. (Why would the postseason start in May?) An even …
The white board of Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe is back, and that is good for everyone. In case you don’t remember, Kluwe took to his cartoon figures to point out the hypocrisy in the NFL’s punishments of hard hits. The former …
