NFL Labor Talks: Proposed Details Of New CBA Begin To Leak Out

by Christopher Gates on Jun 21, 2011 3:20 PM CDT in NFL

The National Football League owners are meeting in Chicago today, and ESPN has gotten a hold of some of the particulars that the owners are discussing for a new CBA proposal. . .it sounds like some progress is being made.

Among the things that are being put out there:

The players' share of the pie would be 48% of the revenue, without the initial $1 billion being taken off the top by the owners. This is a huge change from the way things had been working previously, as the owners had taken the first billion off of the top, and then split the rest with the players. In addition, the players' share would never go below 46.5% according to the formula being tossed around now.
Teams would be required to spend between 90 and 93% of the salary cap, meaning more money for veteran players as teams wouldn't be able to spend less on player salaries.
There will be a rookie wage scale, but the specifics of that are still being tweaked.
Any player with four, five, or six years of service that would have been eligible for free agency will be a free agent. That means Sidney Rice and Ray Edwards will both be unrestricted. Teams will still have use of the franchise and transition tags, but the Vikings have used their franchise tag on Chad Greenway already.
Owners would get expense credits to help pay for new stadiums (and there was much rejoicing).
An 18-game schedule will not be mandated, but will be out there as a "negotiable" item in the future.
Retired players will also see a significant increase in their pensions as the league's revenue increases. . .and it is projected to reach as much as $16 billion by 2016.

Hopefully these are signs that everyone is done screwing around and we're going to get this done in time to have a full training camp and a full 2011 season.

EDIT: It's important to note, as Stampede Blue points out, that any restricted free agent tenders that had been offered to guys like Rice and Edwards would become meaningless, as they technically never would have been restricted free agents in the first place.

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Owners would get expense credits to help pay for new stadiums (and there was much rejoicing).

What exactly does this mean?
And more importantly what does this mean for us?

by CaptainBryan on Jun 21, 2011 3:23 PM CDT reply actions

My interpretation

Is that it’s a continuation of the old G3 program that the NFL used to loan money to teams that were wanting to build new stadiums. Teams had to pay the loans back to the NFL through the visiting team’s share of revenue generated by club seats.

I think that’s what that means, anyway. . .basically it means that the NFL will be able to contribute to the construction of the Vikings’ new stadium like they’ve been able to contribute to the construction/renovation of stadiums in the past.

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by Christopher Gates on Jun 21, 2011 3:41 PM CDT up reply actions

Of course, if I'm incorrect

Anybody can feel free to correct me on that.

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by Christopher Gates on Jun 21, 2011 3:41 PM CDT up reply actions

This getting a bit more ironed out might be part of the reason Wilf has agreed to the extra $30m as well since he probably knows that this program will continue with more certainty than a “wink, wink, nudge, nudge” that we seemed to be at before.

by nectur on Jun 21, 2011 3:49 PM CDT up reply actions

The billion dollar concession.....

is going to close the deal, guaranteed.

by Mel Allen on Jun 21, 2011 3:53 PM CDT reply actions

yeah, it's funny how when they do what all the fans have been saying since these labor issues started....

things get done. But everyone’s so close-minded to just throw out the “billion dollars off the top” crap, that they couldn’t see that they can get a fair amount and have it correlate to the actual revenue amount. That way, if the revenue happens to level out or even decrease(which they’ve been tempting), the players make less too.

Skol!

by DM_Purp on Jun 21, 2011 5:36 PM CDT up reply actions

Sounds good!

It would be great if they can come to a fair agreement and football would start on time.

by joeybal56 on Jun 21, 2011 3:59 PM CDT reply actions

Free agency

Is this the end of RFAs? If so, I’m not too sure I like that.

by cyberuck on Jun 21, 2011 5:36 PM CDT reply actions

So what are the players conceding to?

Are they going to take their share of the risk then since they are “partners”?

by Murgo on Jun 21, 2011 5:50 PM CDT reply actions

The players got a good deal

In terms of the revenue sharing. Taking last years revenue of 7.8 billion with the new agreement, the players share is roughly 3.74 billion. If the league makes the same amount this year, that’ll be roughly a 13% increase in the player’s share. I dunno about the rest of you but I’d like a 13% pay raise.

by Amrius on Jun 21, 2011 6:06 PM CDT reply actions

GET READY FOR FOOTBALL!!!

I got it from an inside source. A DEAL WILL BE MADE BE THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK!!!!

BOOMER SOONER!!!!!!
COMPETE OR GET BEAT!!!!

by tpgrrr1 on Jun 21, 2011 6:11 PM CDT reply actions

What inside source?

It’s “confidential” huh?

A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on - Winston Churchill

by Alittlemore_cowbell on Jun 21, 2011 6:50 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions

yeah this would mean a lot more if you had a linky

Even if it was to something like Teen Beat… (not that I know what that is)

Childress gone, TJack gone, new stadium on the way: it's like that Christmas when Santa brought prostitutes!

by Grime on Jun 22, 2011 12:17 PM CDT up reply actions

According to Teen Beat..

..JB is cool with the new CBA deets and gives tpgrrr1 his assurance a deal will be done by mid week..

"the following statement is true:
the preceding statement was false" - george carlin

by BranFavrenton on Jun 22, 2011 12:22 PM CDT up reply actions

wow I hope you have teens at your house because that made no sense to me whatsoever..

Childress gone, TJack gone, new stadium on the way: it's like that Christmas when Santa brought prostitutes!

by Grime on Jun 23, 2011 11:26 AM CDT up reply actions

apologies..

…jb = justin bieber.. if u never heard of him, you are most fortunate….most parents cannot avoid the bieber fever plague once it infests the household..

"the following statement is true:
the preceding statement was false" - george carlin

by BranFavrenton on Jun 24, 2011 2:16 PM CDT up reply actions

Can’t tell you the inside sources’ name. I don’t know it. There is no link. It was just good ole conversation between a lawyer for an NFL owner and a buddy of mine. That is my source. My buddy. So, let’s see if my buddy is right

BOOMER SOONER!!!!!!
COMPETE OR GET BEAT!!!!

by tpgrrr1 on Jun 22, 2011 6:51 PM CDT up reply actions

SAVE THE VIKES

Show your suport for the Minnesota Vikings by helping keeping them in Minnesota by signing this pitition! THANK YOU http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/sayyestostadium/signatures?page=14
SPREAD THE WORD! SKOL

by Gjallarhorn on Jun 24, 2011 11:50 AM CDT reply actions