CBA: "I dont think we are making any progress."
 

Just said on NFLN that next year will almost surely be an uncapped year. No progress has been made since November.

Per NY Times.

Seems the sides are still very far apart and no counter-proposals have been made from the PA to get it done. They want the owners to open up the books and that doesnt look like it will ever happen.

Owners offered to extend current offer 6 years and players union is not cool with that says Jason La Canfora.

Great!:cuss:

greedy sob...
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don't give up yet ... negotiation almost never go well until the deadline.

I wanna think right at the last min they'll get it done.:eek:

Damn. Does no one involved in these negotiations realize that the salary cap and competitiveness of the NFL is one of the things that makes it so popular? That even in the midst of such a crappy stretch, Chiefs fans (well, some of us) have faith that it can get turned around soon because no one's going to come & buy Jamaal Charles or Brandon Flowers away from us?

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I've lived through the 82 strike and the 87 strike. At that age, it bothered me to have my pastime stolen from me. At my current place in life, I'll considered it a gift of free time on Sundays. Go ahead and strike, I don't care. It just costs the players and owners money.

The problem is that you have the new breed of owners, like Jerry Jones and Daniel Snyder.

They not only change the dynamics of negotiating between the league and players, but affect the dynamics bewteen the owners.

If they (the owners) can't even agree amongst themselves, there's no way they can get an agreement in place with the union.

Goodbye NFL hello College football.

Someone's going to owe me all of their casino cash.

LMAO

Seriously though, just because there's no new CBA for the 2010 season doesn't automatically mean that they won't have it worked out in time for 2011.

With Jerry Jones running things I doubt it.

I doubt it as well but hopefully, they'll get it worked out.

A lockout in 2011 would suck.

I wonder if the NCAA will schedule games on Sundays if there is no NFL season in 2011.

They'll get it finished at the stroke of midnight. The question will be, can the owner's show their determination by not over paying guys in the uncapped year. That'll largely be up to Snyder and Jones.

They want a better deal because of the economy, and the fact that public money for stadiums is going away. If guys don't get paid worth a shit this year, it'll make a statement. They're looking out for the longevity of the league. The players of course don't give a shit. Their time is limited.

This has the potential to get ugly. Hopefully both sides recognize the serious repercussions a strike will cause with the general public.