NFL Owners approve the Union's offer
 

Per ESPN.

nice!!!!

FINALLY.

Only 2 no votes, Wilson and Brown

I don't know the exact details of it, or what kind of a proposal it is exactly, but I just know that ESPN reported that it was approved.

Awesome.

Link?


It's obligatory to ask.

DRY LAND IS NOT A MYTH! I'VE SEEEEEEEEEN IT!

NFL owners have approved a six-year extension of the collective bargaining agreement by a vote of 30-2 Wednesday night.

Buffalo and Cincinnati were the two teams to vote against the proposal, according to ESPN's Chris Mortensen.

about time...****ing drama queens...

now we have 10 mill to play with in free agency...

Bring on TO and Abraham!!!

I thought we were around 20 mil over?

Good, Good. Re-sign T-Rich, Dalton, Tynes and go after a top free agent...

Not after the cuts and restructures. We're sitting pretty and Big Willie #1 is staying in KC.

Don't count on it. Carl said the Chiefs won't be very active in FA this year. They just will decline to execute the renegotiated contracts they prepared "just in case". We'll be right near the new higher salary cap.

damn it Carl! :cuss:

Understandable. C-Mac has the link, but I'd be honored to post it.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/index?...lid=gn_NFL_NFL

I bet Shields is very happy that this got done. He can retire as a Chief.

Sweet. Bring on the Ty Law threads.

Doesn't Carl always say shit though? Finally this drama is over!

This is assuming that the restructures weren't conditional, though. As in, "hey Tony, we need you to restructure, but only if the CBA doesn't get extended". Some of the contract stuff they did won't be needed now, meaning there could be less cap space than we think.

I heard it reported on teh radio that CP said we were under the 94 million cap due to several players restructuring...assuming that report was true we should have about $10 mill to play with under the new CBA...this also assumes that Gonzo's deal was reworked, I haven't heard if he has a new deal yet.

I personally think CP has been down playing our cap situation...we won't spend like last year, but we can - if we want - make a run at TO or Law..or at least a couple of solid starting vets...should be interesting.

Ding!

Carl Peterson: “So probably even if there is an extension, we’re not going to go out and spend a lot of money on our free agents in 2006.”

http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=136806

From KFFL.com

NFL | New salary cap at $104 million
Wed, 8 Mar 2006 17:52:33 -0800

Updating previous reports, ESPNews reports the salary cap for the 2006 season will be set at $104 million. The free agency period will start at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, March 10.

Sweet ... Denver should be about $10M under if it's $104M now, maybe more based on what Warren and Dayne do.

$15M under now. Warren saves another $7.6M if his deal voids, even re-signing him will save a few million. Plummer, Smith, Bailey, and Wilson haven't had their deals touched yet.

I was hoping you'd pop in and share the info... that's greatness! Thanks.

This calls for the dancing banana! PBJ

Hot Diggity!!

Interesting that Cincinnati and Buffalo, 2 small market teams, voted against. Hmmm...

I think it needs 3!

PBJPBJPBJ

And maybe one of these... :grouphug:

Yeah, I was a bit suprised by that, but then, I think they did that because they probably wanted a bigger piece of the pie.

Obviosly their desires on the revenue sharing was unreasonable I guess.

Cap goes up to 104

Sure, and one of these :BLVD:and....a hooker!

Now that is a hell of a plan.

Why thank you Brad. :)

kiss my ass brad.

(training for regular season)

Now I'm hearing 102

If i remember correctly they were trying to work out a new revenue sharing thing, and they could have possibly wanted to turn down this offer to get more money for themselves from the other teams. i could be wrong, but thats what it sounds like

I think that this also should be mentioned, at least in my opinion.

While I may not be a big fan of NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue, but he put the burden on himself and really pushed this deal through.

He rode every side's ass until the deal was done, pushing back FA and forcing the issue.

Tags, you're perserverance may have saved the NFL, thanks a ton.

Wilson said he voted no because he didn't understand it. That it was too complex to understand in 45 min. and that it shouldn't have been rushed.

a raider still can't get any love
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Absolutely. This may be Tags shining legacy once he's done.

Tags: DESCRIBE WHAT LAMAR HUNT LOOKS LIKE!

Upshaw: He's white.

Tags: DOES HE LOOK LIKE A BITCH?

Upshaw: What?

Tags: BLAM!

Tags: DOES. HE. LOOK. LIKE. A. BITCH?

Upshaw: NO!!!

Tags: Then why you try to fuck him like a bitch, Upshaw?

cap is set at $102 million per NFL.com

Oy. Now I can breathe again. I was certain that the Golden Goose was cooked. I couldn't be happier to be wrong.

You are correct.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2360258

Well this is good news

102 mil? Wow, everyone was shooting to get below 94.5 now the figure is raised 7.5 mil. What a year to be a FA! With teams getting that extra amount, there should be a fair bit of extra to drive salaries up a bit.

Although as has been mentioned a lot of current deals assumed that the cap would be 104, so there mightnt be the room that people think.

Ass cancer on them both...

That bitch needs to die.

Post haste...

Those of you doing a happy dance because of the extra money thinking it'll mean more free agents in KC need to remember that everybody is getting the extra 8 million, not just us. I doubt a whole lot is going to change for us.

But I've been wrong a time or two before.

Not sure if this Clayton article has been posted yet, but I found it to explain the situation nicely..

Glad they ALL (except two) came to their senses.....CBA in place saves the league at least for few years.

Rate Ralph Wilson of Bills and Brown of Bungels as incompetent owners that don't understand it and obviously their yes men couldn't explain it well enough to make them understand it.

Of course they could have been just the tokens to vote no to show some due diligence against Union.

Yep!

Glad to hear it is over.

The restructures we did for several players weren't ever sent to the league office. They were prepared in case we absolutely had to get down to $94M.

I'm guessing we're right at our cap number now, because they tore up those restructures.