Owners, Players Targeting July 21 Ratification

I heard on Football Today that it seems that the owners have dragged this out a little bit. Ross Tucker and Matt Williamson thought that the owners threw the whole first right of refusal out of nowhere. They also talked about the rookie wage scale as being a point of contention as it has been mentioned before.

On rookie wage scale, league, players don’t seem to be squabbling over much | ProFootballTalk (http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/11/league-players-dont-seem-to-be-squabbling-over-much/)

Heres a tidbit.

Report: NFL owners give significant ground on rookie wage (http://www.theredzone.org/BlogDescription/tabid/61/EntryId/18110/Report--NFL-owners-give-significant-ground-on-rookie-wage/Default.aspx)

That seems like a non-issue. It seems in the unions and owners best interest to keep that relatively low. With the raised salary floor the money will go to the proven veterans, which is what everybody wants (except a few of the upcoming rookies looking to make top dollar.) I expect this to be more of a collaboration than a competition.

If the rookie wage scale is all thats left, I don't see any reason why it will take untill June 21st to bang out. Two days to negotiate, three more days for the lawyers to write up/review the papers, and one day to check it over and sign. July 21st seems to be stretching what should be happening sooner.

All 32 owners have to sign of on it and that is when they will all be meeting.

All 32 owners have to sign of on it and that is when they will all be meeting.

Only 24 need to sign