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NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement

FMIA: Monumental Player Vote Set to Determine Next Decade of the NFL


Something profound for football’s future will happen this week. The league’s 2,500 players (anyone who had a contract with any team for any part of the 2019 season is eligible to vote) will decide whether a controversial Collective Bargaining Agreement between the players and owners will pass muster.

• If it’s approved, the league will have labor peace through the end of the 2030 season, giving the NFL 43 consecutive seasons of football without a regular-season or playoff game being lost.

• If it fails, a period of rancor will settle over the game. The league will play the 2020 season under more restrictive work rules; about $300 million in pension improvements for retired players will be lost; the league’s 60-percent minimum-salary players would lose around $90,000 apiece in the 2020 season; and the uncertain American economy and impact of the coronavirus could make negotiations in 2021 more difficult.

Those two bullet points sum up the CliffsNotes on the state of the CBA. Trust me: The player vote ending Thursday at midnight—a simple majority vote will determine the outcome of the NFL CBA—is a monumental referendum for the next decade of the NFL.
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Mark Geragos weighs in on the proposed CBA
March 9, 2020, 11:20 AM EDT

As CBA voting continues, those who hope to defeat the deal are pulling out the big guns.
Panthers safety Eric Reid tweets that he asked his lawyers, Mark Geragos and Ben Meiselas, to review the 456-page labor agreement and to write a summary of it. Reid characterizes the deal, based on their summary, as a “bigger disaster than we could have imagined.”

That’s the strongest statement yet that anyone has made against the CBA. In using that kind of terminology, it’s critical to understand the implication. Calling the CBA a “bigger disaster than we could have imagined” represents a complete rejection of the skills, abilities, and judgment of the men who primarily negotiated the deal: NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith and NFLPA president Eric Winston.

If/when the players vote to reject the CBA, the players who are pushing so hard against the CBA may finally turn their attention to the men who negotiated it. And isn’t it strange that none of loudest naysayers (from Reid to Russell Okung to Richard Sherman) publicly have made the connection between the deal and De Smith in their pointed and sweeping criticisms? The moment the CBA vote fails (if it fails), the narrative likely (and conveniently) will pivot.

None of the biggest opponents of the CBA are currently making that connection, presumably because they don’t want the rank and file to realize what a “no” vote truly means. They want the players to think they’re simply sticking to the owners, or that they’re turning down what so many have described as an opening offer from management. Then, once the die is cast on what would be a DOA CBA, it will be time to take what will be the next logical step, and it will be hard at that point for any player who voted against Smith’s work product to defend him.

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Okung and some of the other high-salaried malcontents like Eric Ried and Sherman are essentially attempting to hijack the NFLPA and oust Demarcus Smith.............and Okung is suing the NFLPA and De Smith for non-transparency, baad-faith negotiations, and not allowing him and others a voice in the matter.

Oh, and BTW, not mentioned............Mark Geragos just happens to be Colin Kaepernick's lawyer...........

If all this transpires and the NFLPA does not vote to accept the new CBA, the broadcast contract will be substantially less, the "core players" will get screwed as will the retired players...........the "elite brethren" obviously don't care about the little guy, just themselves. I now see the owners locking out the players in 2021, while pushing through what some of the owners have wanted all along..............an 18 game season (which makes more sense than a 17 game season).
 
Fortunately, the core players far out number the "Elite Brethern". So hopefully, they will vote it in. If not, it will get ugly with both sides digging in and if Ried, Sherman or Okung take over leadership it may be a very long time getting done. They are basically petulant 14 year old girls in shoulder pads demanding the world must revolve around the way they want it to.
 
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I wonder if they put in provisions if season gets canceled due to Coronavirus, or games played without fans and the loss of money


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Thank goodness, it wasn't Okung.........or Thomas...........and it is a level-headed player (Acho would have also followed Tretter's mold).

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JC Tretter elected president of NFLPA
Posted by Josh Alper on March 10, 2020, 1:05 PM EDT

Browns center JC Tretter will be taking on another job off the field this season.

Tretter has been elected president of the NFL Players Association in a vote of the union’s board of player representatives on Tuesday. He takes over for former NFL offensive tackle Eric Winston, who was elected in March 2014.

Tretter was one of three candidates for the position. Buccaneers linebacker Sam Acho and Giants safety Michael Thomas, who are both on the union’s executive committee, were also up for the vote. Soon-to-be Panthers tackle Russell Okung was expected to be a candidate, but pulled out and endorsed Thomas after filing a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board about the conduct of NFLPA staff.

Thomas was a no vote on the Collective Bargaining Agreement and Acho supported approving the deal. Per Tom Pelissero of NFL Media, Tretter’s platform for election focused on moving forward in light of either vote on that deal rather than on his personal position. The voting window for players to weigh in on the CBA was extended through Saturday.

Tretter was an alternate player rep for the Browns and put together a presentation on the proposed Collective Bargaining Agreement that did not take a public stance on the deal, but it still gained a great deal of notice after being shared by former Packers teammate David Bakhtiari.
 
If I was the owners I would pull my offer, if games can’t be played they are going to loose their ass. Players still want to get paid, crazy times


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Aldon Smith is supposedly in the process of applying for reinstatement after not playing since 2015. He had been suspended multiple times for substance abuse and personal conduct related problems. Now, if the new CBA is signed and he might get by continuing his pattern, he could only suffered monetary losses...................could be a reason he finally sees his chance so far out.:barman:
 
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Here are the six biggest changes in the NFL's new collective bargaining agreement
Tom Schad
USA TODAY


The NFL and NFL Players Association reached an agreement by Saturday's deadline on a new collective bargaining agreement, warding off a potential strike and ensuring labor peace for at least another decade.

The deal, which NFL players approved by a margin of 1,019 to 959, will run through the 2030 season and includes several notable changes — to the NFL schedule, player pensions and many other fronts.

As the two sides work to iron out the final details, here are the most significant differences in the new CBA from the previous one and how they will impact the league and its players beginning as early as this fall.

A 17-game regular season

This is the big one, obviously. The new CBA paves the way for the NFL to add one more week to the regular-season schedule — a move that has long been sought by owners, and largely criticized by players.

The addition of a 17th game will give NFL owners one more week of game day revenue in the form of ticket, parking and concession sales — and, perhaps more importantly, also hike up the cost of future television broadcasting deals, which are set to be renegotiated this year. Players have largely opposed the expansion because it represents another week in which they will put their bodies at risk.

One sticking point in the negotiations was how players would be paid for this additional game. An initial proposal would've capped the amount at $250,000 per player, but that was since changed to ensure that players will receive the full prorated value of their contracts, even if it exceeds that amount.

A shortened preseason

Partly because of the 17-game regular season, the new CBA also calls for a shortened preseason schedule. Each team will play three preseason games, instead of four, beginning in 2021, with the fourth week turning into a bye.

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The new CBA also limits the number of joint practices that each team can have in the preseason to four, among caps on other elements of training camp — from the length of padded and full-speed practices (no more than 2.5 hours) to the number of days in pads (no more than 16).

The revenue split

Under the new CBA, players are guaranteed to receive 48% of the league's overall revenue beginning in 2021, with the ability to increase that share to 48.8% "through a media kicker which applies in any season the league plays 17 games," according to an NFLPA fact sheet that was released before the deal was finalized.
The previous CBA, which was approved in 2011, guaranteed players 47% of revenue.

While there are slight variations in how revenue is calculated and split in other major pro sports leagues, NBA players are guaranteed to receive between 49% and 51% of revenue under their current CBA. NHL players receive at least 50%. Baseball's revenue-sharing system isn't quite as straightforward as others, but MLB commissioner Rob Manfred told The New York Times in 2018 that players had received "approximately 50 percent of revenue" in recent years.

Drug policy and disciplinary changes

The new CBA significantly relaxes the rules on drug testing with regards to marijuana by narrowing the window for testing (from four months to two weeks at the start of training camp) and reducing the number of players who are subjected to testing.

The deal also increases the level of THC that qualifies as a positive test, from 35 nanograms of carboxy THC per milliliter of urine to 150, and reduces penalties — including the elimination of suspensions — for players who test positive.

On a broader level, with regards to player discipline, the new CBA will stipulate that "a neutral decision-maker" will now rule on most commissioner discipline cases, taking some of the disciplinary power out of the hands of Roger Goodell, according to the NFLPA fact sheet.

Roster sizes increased

The new deal expands the size of NFL rosters from 53 players to 55, while allowing two additional players to be active on game days.

It also calls for larger practice squads and better compensation for practice-squad players. Under this deal, practice squads could soon increase to as many as 14 players per team, each making $10,500 per week — an increase of $2,500.

A new playoff format

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Keep in mind that padded practices do not equate to full-contact practices. Full contact practices are especially important for younger players who might not see regular game action. I can just imagine if NHL limited contact practices to the level of the NFL.
 
IDEXAN said:
Right I'd say @ 1,019 to 959 much closer than was expected ?
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I think we'll hear some real whining from the players in about 5 years. By then, many players will not have had a say in the CBA, and a new deal won't come around before they retire. Should have had an out after 5 seasons. Big mistake.
 
This was not technically a bargaining issue, but it has become wrapped up in the deal: Starting as early as next season, the playoff field will expand from six teams per conference to seven, with only the top seed in each conference earning a bye week.

Under this format, the Pittsburgh Steelers and Los Angeles Rams each would have made the playoffs last season and faced the Kansas City Chiefs and Green Bay Packers in the opening round, respectively.
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Yea! Let's get some mediocre teams in the mix.
 
Lucky said:
I think we'll hear some real whining from the players in about 5 years. By then, many players will not have had a say in the CBA, and a new deal won't come around before they retire. Should have had an out after 5 seasons. Big mistake.
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As you indicate, I think most voting for The CBA we're not thinking five years ahead as they will no longer be in the NFL
 
Speedy said:
Yea! Let's get some mediocre teams in the mix.
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Tennessee pulled a couple of upsets last year. It's a league built for parity. Hell, make it a 5 week playoffs and let everyone in. Isn't that what they do in hockey?
 
The NFL and NFLPA have established rules for virtual offseason training program.

These modifications of the collective bargaining agreement are prompted by the coronavirus pandemic and are in effect through April 20 when virtual offseason programs can begin with rules in effect until May 15.

NFL teams can hold classroom instruction, workouts and nonfootball educational programs using Skype and other virtual technology. Classroom work and workout sessions can't exceed two hours apiece.

When or if team facilities are open again, NFL teams can conduct their usual offseason workout programs. All offseason programs must conclude by June 26. If any club isn't able to open their training complex due to the health crisis or other reasons in their respective states, then no team can open its facility.

Offseason programs remain voluntary, and the virtual programs are voluntary for teams if they want to hold them.
Players lacking the required workout equipment will be provided with a maximum of $1,500 to make the necessary purchases.

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Too bad these "virtual programs" won't result in "virtual injuries" when everyone returns for regular games...........unprepared...........
 
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