Owners Vote to Opt Out of Labor Agreement [Archive]


	Commanders Post at The Warpath > Commanders Football > Locker Room Main Forum > Owners Vote to Opt Out of Labor Agreement PDA Owners Vote to Opt Out of Labor Agreement Pages : [1] 2 3 4 Darrell_Green_28 05-20-2008, 11:04 AM BREAKING NEWS was on ticker on ESPN Owners UNANIMOUSLY vote to opt out of Agreement. no link yet though Schneed10 05-20-2008, 11:07 AM No surprise. Darrell_Green_28 05-20-2008, 11:15 AM ESPN - NFL owners vote unanimously to opt out of labor deal - NFL (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3404596) dmek25 05-20-2008, 11:30 AM i really cant believe they agreed to that in the first place. probably doing the new commissioner a favor SmootSmack 05-20-2008, 11:48 AM This thread title tells us nothing. Changing it. freddyg12 05-20-2008, 12:27 PM i really cant believe they agreed to that in the first place. probably doing the new commissioner a favor I always thought they made that deal in haste to save the season & because the nflpa had them right where they wanted them. riggins44 05-20-2008, 01:19 PM From what I've heard, it will be at least 3 yrs before possible strike. JoeRedskin 05-20-2008, 01:30 PM As I recall, although 2010 would be uncapped - it would not be manna from heaven for the players. In fact, I think the last years of the deal had some rather draconian measures that would negatively affect the players in order to encourage them to accept some form of salary cap. BleedBurgundy 05-20-2008, 02:29 PM As I recall, although 2010 would be uncapped - it would not be manna from heaven for the players. In fact, I think the last years of the deal had some rather draconian measures that would negatively affect the players in order to encourage them to accept some form of salary cap. yeah, something to do with limiting which players would technically be "free agents" and making it much easier for teams to keep their marque players. Rajmahal33 05-20-2008, 03:48 PM This is an area of sports that I'm not that familiar with...Why does the players union expect to get an even larger chunk of the revenue (according to the comments in the article) when the owners were the ones who terminated the contracts? Also, it would seem that if something was unanimously agreed upon to be terminated, it was never really that reasonable in the first place. Why didn't they write into the deal an opportunity to rework it (with mutual consent of both sides) without terminating it or letting it expire? That way you can avoid leaving the shelter of the contract at any given time.