max Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 (edited) Article From Pittsburgh Post Gazette Here is the article I copied from the link above NFL's new deal will delay beginning of free agency Players, teams will digest new CBA first Tuesday, February 28, 2006 By Ed Bouchette, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette With optimism growing that the NFL will reach labor peace this week, the start of free agency might be delayed a week or even two. The free-agency signing period is scheduled to begin Friday, but with an extension of the collective bargaining agreement possibly being in place by today or tomorrow, more time would be needed for teams and players to digest the new economics that would affect contracts. For example, the salary cap that was expected to come in for each team at up to $95 million could reach $100 million or more under a new CBA. Management and the NFL Players Association have been in fierce negotiations to get an agreement done before Friday because of all the ramifications that would affect both sides if there isn't one, starting immediately. The CBA runs through the 2007 season. Tied to the CBA extension is a separate agreement that must be reached among the owners on revenue sharing. One source told the Post-Gazette that the owners are going to agree on the new formula for sharing revenue among all 32 teams that now is not shared. The discussions had brought disagreement and threatened to blow the NFL into an economic civil war between the so-called big-market teams and the small markets. The Steelers are considered to be in the middle of the pack. "I feel that we'll likely have a deal," Dallas owner Jerry Jones told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel yesterday. Another sign that a deal is imminent was a memo that each NFL team received yesterday informing them that the amounts for one-year tender contract offers required for restricted free agents would not be computed until at least today. Those were supposed to be released by the league yesterday. The Steelers have two restricted free agents, cornerback Ike Taylor and special teams captain Sean Morey. Taylor will receive a contract that would give the Steelers a first-round draft pick if he's signed by another team and the Steelers decline to match. Morey will receive a lower tender, protecting the team's right to match any contract he might receive. Edited February 28, 2006 by max Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpholmes Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Push Free-Agency back??? Now that the Combine is starting to bore me, I was really looking forward to checking the web every 20 minutes during class to see if anything new had happened. :sigh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMD Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 If they can get this thing done, it is an EXTREMELY good thing and worth waiting for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budlitebrad Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Maybe all the concern the media spun up put some pressure on the owners to get in agreement with each other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satelliteoflovegm Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 (edited) Is this talk about an extension or is it a new deal. If they reach a deal are we good for five or more years or is this an extension of the current deal to give more time to reach a long term deal? Anyway hearing Jerry Jones leaning towards a new deal is very good news. His team being one of the haves, if he can live with a revenue sharing deal the have nots should fall in line... Edited February 28, 2006 by satelliteoflovegm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Return Of S&B Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Considering Gene Upshaw use to play alongside his buddy Art Shell on the Raiders legendary offensive line of the 70s, he better get this done. Otherwise he will be screwing over teams that are way over the cap (like the Raiders and Redskins) because teams would be forced to sign free agents to 4-year deals rather than 7 year deals. Its a lot easier to spread out signing bonuses over the long term deals. Shorter deals require more money upfront....money that teams currently over the cap dont have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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