With the NFL’s current Collective Bargaining Agreement set to expire after 2020, the league’s owners have accepted the arranged terms of a new proposed CBA, which now puts the ball on the players court.
The NFLPA has sent all players a fact sheet that covers the highlights on the current proposal for a new Collective Bargaining Agreement. A lot to go through here.. pic.twitter.com/tzOhyLOmhY
— Darren Heitner (@DarrenHeitner) February 21, 2020
Per reports, all of the league’s owners met in New York City Thursday to go over the current proposal. While all of them weren’t unanimous on giving the new agreement an OK, enough votes went in favor of the new CBA to the point where the proposal was passed.
Here is the memo that the NFL has accepted the terms of the new proposed CBA: pic.twitter.com/yRYZc3anSB
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) February 20, 2020
Now, the NFLPA’s team reps and its executive council will have a conference call Friday to discuss the new CBA and could potentially come to the decision to give the deal the nod or reject it. The initial plan was for both NFLPA parties to meet in Washington D.C., however, there was a change in plans.
So far, there have been several players to voice their displeasure with some of the terms of the new deal, including Jags running back Leonard Fournette, Houston Texans pass rusher JJ Watt, and New Orleans Saints receiver Michael Thomas.
I disagree with the 17 games
— 7⃣ Leonard Fournette (@_fournette) February 20, 2020
Hard no on that proposed CBA.
— JJ Watt (@JJWatt) February 21, 2020
YEAH AIGHT 😂 https://t.co/ddV4AkbAAz
— Michael Thomas (@Cantguardmike) February 20, 2020
As pointed out by Fournette, one of the biggest topics of the new agreement is the addition of another regular season game. The owners are also pushing for an additional playoff seed for each conference.
Per NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, players would get an additional game check if an additional regular season game was added, however, it would be capped at $250K, which means the highest paid players would make less than usual.
How would players be compensated for a 17th game if they signed contracts based on a 16-game schedule? Basically, under proposed CBA, they'd get an extra game check, but it'd be capped at $250,000, per sources. So the highest-paid players would play for less than usual.
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) February 20, 2020
For the new CBA to move into the next step, the NFLPA will need two-thirds of the players reps to vote in favor of it, however, the final vote would require a majority for approval. Based on the reactions we’ve seen so far, it’s possible the players will want the owners to meet them a little closer to the middle though.
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