But the owners, both of the big market teams who want all the unfettered rights of ownership and small market teams who want a large piece of the big market teams’ share because without them, there is no league and because they cannot compete in Buffalo and Tennessee with Dallas or NY without a shared pool will make the Commish’ job impossible.

And the players from the past who want a bigger piece of the pie for having created this with nothing to show for it and the young-uns with no sense of history or sense of mortality, the folks threatened by no CBA (the 4th and 5th years FA) or those enamored by no cap (the 6th year plus FA) suffering from self-interest and greed will make the NFLPA lawyers’ job hell.

I think most betting men would put the likelihood of a new CBA a lot worse than the Jets chance of a SB any time soon.

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A 4 mill a season(including year 1 @ 535000) offer was more than fair, he should have grabbed it with both hands hindsight is a wonderful thing

Thanks for the explanation..

i didnt realize the impact this could have on the sport, football without a cap would be terrible.

What are the odds of something getting worked out?

NFL, get your act together. The fact that Jamarcus Russell is the worst QB I’ve ever seen and he is gonna get $32 million guaranteed (I believe he may have restructured his deal, but you see my point). There needs to be a rookie scale.

They ABSOLUTELY have to have a rookie pay scale. Its getting out of control with guys who have never taken an NFL snap getting 40 million gaurenteed as opposed to a guy to is a good player as has to give his blood to a team to get ANY gaurenteed money.

THIS MEANS YOU VERNON GHOLSTON

Rookie salaries – I think everyone can agree that there needs to be a rookie pay scale.

Guaranteed spending – Every team must spend a minimum % of the total salary cap. Right now we’re in the mid 80′s I believe, percent-wise. This number raises I think 1% each year.

Minimum salaries – The salary cap rises every year (it’s based on projected revenue, and the NFL is a revenue machine, so the cap goes up every yaer) and with so does the minimum salaries a player can earn. This is sometimes more than teams want to pay for certain players.

Teams are also forced to pay a certain % of their revenue to player contracts. Owners dislike this for obvious reasons.

And a super mega huge issue: If 2010 is an uncapped year the Players Union says they won’t agree to a salary cap after that.

The NFL has a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) between the Players Union and the Owners. Under the current agreement, if a new CBA isn’t reached before 2010 (technically the last year of the current CBA) than the last year of current agreement (2010) becomes an uncapped year, and all players that were to be free agents with less than 6 full seasons of service become restricted free agents (Leon, Braylon both fall into this category).

Now after a 10 month minimum rehab where we leon and his agent be next year….CBA or not?

i love Leon and know he is a good dude but when your talent is your wheels and you break one….who knows if everything comes back 100%

Go as J Miller where he speed went since his injuries

Thanks I appreciate the help.