This bears repeating:
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It also said that the new CBA includes "virtually all provisions of the old CBA" and that after voting on it, by July 26, the players would only have three days to bargain changes in terms. The agreement, it goes on, "would become final on Saturday, July 30. If the NFL does not agree to the players' proposed changes, the old CBA terms on benefits, discipline, safety, etc. will remain unchanged for another 10 years."
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In other words, the players could re-certify, attempt to bargain changes in terms, and the owners could stall, leading to the old CBA terms remaining unchanged for the next 10 years.
That's ****ing huge. No wonder the players are pissed.