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WoodysGirl
01-28-2011, 09:45 AM
NFL stresses immediate consequences of possible lockout

Posted by Gregg Rosenthal on January 27, 2011, 1:57 PM EST

The NFL hosted ten reporters at the league’s Park Avenue offices Thursday morning, with the express effort of stressing the financial consequences of a potential lockout.

1. By the league’s estimate, 569 players will be affected in March by a lockout. Of those, 495 players are scheduled to be free agents in 2011, with the assumption that the league goes back to a system where four accrued seasons are needed to become a free agent. That number includes 170 starters and 70 Pro Bowl players.

It will be the biggest free-agent class ever, and it will have the highest percentage of starters available ever.

Read more: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/27/nfl-stresses-immediate-consequences-of-possible-lockout/
stasheroo
01-28-2011, 09:56 AM
I don't believe for a second that this is coincidental regarding the pending labor agreement.

Every one of these players will be eager to have the league and union agree to a new CBA as soon as possible so they have their shot at the 'big money'.

The more I look at this labor deal, the more and more I feel that the owners have their act together and have it all over the players' union.
arglebargle
01-28-2011, 12:21 PM
I don't believe for a second that this is coincidental regarding the pending labor agreement.

Every one of these players will be eager to have the league and union agree to a new CBA as soon as possible so they have their shot at the 'big money'.

The more I look at this labor deal, the more and more I feel that the owners have their act together and have it all over the players' union.

It's not coincidental, because it's two years worth of free agency all at once. Part of the poisen pill that was set up to make opting out less attractive was a change to how free agency worked in the uncapped year.
Doomsday101
01-28-2011, 12:23 PM
Easy to see why owners did not do alot of contract extentions this past season.
burmafrd
01-28-2011, 12:50 PM
Its going to be one **** of a FA session if we have one this year.