***Official CBA Talks Tracking Thread***(Agreement reached in principle)
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Funny, the Cowboy brass has been saying the opposite.123456 said:
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NFL | Upshaw claims NFL offered percentage lower than past 12 years
Sun, 5 Mar 2006 18:06:37 -0800
ESPN.com reports NFLPA executive director Gene Upshaw claims the NFL offered the players a percentage of revenues that was less than they received over the past 12 years. Upshaw said,
"After suggesting we extend the waiver deadline from six o'clock to ten this evening, they gave us a new proposal which was worse than their prior offer. Quite naturally, we rejected that proposal and saw no need to continue meeting. Under our previous cap agreement, we got just less than 60 percent of all of the revenues. The NFL now wants us to cut that percentage to less than 57 percent. Given the enormous revenue growth the NFL is experiencing, I am not about to give back gains which we have made in the past."
Upshaw continues to blame high revenue clubs and the revenue sharing issue as the main reason negotiations kept breaking down.
Sun, 5 Mar 2006 18:06:37 -0800
ESPN.com reports NFLPA executive director Gene Upshaw claims the NFL offered the players a percentage of revenues that was less than they received over the past 12 years. Upshaw said,
"After suggesting we extend the waiver deadline from six o'clock to ten this evening, they gave us a new proposal which was worse than their prior offer. Quite naturally, we rejected that proposal and saw no need to continue meeting. Under our previous cap agreement, we got just less than 60 percent of all of the revenues. The NFL now wants us to cut that percentage to less than 57 percent. Given the enormous revenue growth the NFL is experiencing, I am not about to give back gains which we have made in the past."
Upshaw continues to blame high revenue clubs and the revenue sharing issue as the main reason negotiations kept breaking down.
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I doubt any of those 3 are Cowboys next year.123456 said:
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NFLPA PRESS RELEASE
MARCH 5, 2006 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Gene Upshaw issued the following statement this evening:
“The talks ended today after the NFL gave us a proposal which provided a percentage of revenues for the players which would be less than they received over the last 12 years. After suggesting we extend the waiver deadline from six o’clock to ten this evening, they gave us a new proposal which was worse than their prior offer. Quite naturally, we rejected that proposal and saw no need to continue meeting.”
“Under our previous cap agreement, we got just less than 60 per cent of all of the revenues. The NFL now wants us to cut that percentage to less than 57 per cent. Given the enormous revenue growth the NFL is experiencing, I am not about to give back gains which we have made in the past. It is clear to me that we will do much better under our current CBA in 2006 and particularly in 2007, the uncapped year.
“I continue to believe that the problem lies with the high revenue clubs and the revenue sharing issue. Their refusal to share more revenues is making it worse for everybody-- players, owners, and fans.”
The battle is the NFLPA trying to divide the Have owners (JJ, Kraft) and the Have not owners......
MARCH 5, 2006 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Gene Upshaw issued the following statement this evening:
“The talks ended today after the NFL gave us a proposal which provided a percentage of revenues for the players which would be less than they received over the last 12 years. After suggesting we extend the waiver deadline from six o’clock to ten this evening, they gave us a new proposal which was worse than their prior offer. Quite naturally, we rejected that proposal and saw no need to continue meeting.”
“Under our previous cap agreement, we got just less than 60 per cent of all of the revenues. The NFL now wants us to cut that percentage to less than 57 per cent. Given the enormous revenue growth the NFL is experiencing, I am not about to give back gains which we have made in the past. It is clear to me that we will do much better under our current CBA in 2006 and particularly in 2007, the uncapped year.
“I continue to believe that the problem lies with the high revenue clubs and the revenue sharing issue. Their refusal to share more revenues is making it worse for everybody-- players, owners, and fans.”
The battle is the NFLPA trying to divide the Have owners (JJ, Kraft) and the Have not owners......
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I believe just the exact opposite is true. It is the LOWER revenue clubs and their revenue sharing issue. Those owners just want to sit back and let guys like JJ and Kraft line their pockets for them.Nors said:
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NFL | Talks on hold at this time
Sun, 5 Mar 2006 19:13:58 -0800
ESPN.com reports NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said the union broke off the league's labor talks and had no further explanation. There has been no resumption in talks between the two sides and none are scheduled, an NFL spokesman told ESPN.com's John Clayton.
Sun, 5 Mar 2006 19:13:58 -0800
ESPN.com reports NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said the union broke off the league's labor talks and had no further explanation. There has been no resumption in talks between the two sides and none are scheduled, an NFL spokesman told ESPN.com's John Clayton.
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Let the free agency game begin!!!
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big dog cowboy said:
Originally Posted by Nors - quoting NFLPA
“I continue to believe that the problem lies with the high revenue clubs and the revenue sharing issue. Their refusal to share more revenues is making it worse for everybody-- players, owners, and fans.”
I believe just the exact opposite is true. It is the LOWER revenue clubs and their revenue sharing issue. Those owners just want to sit back and let guys like JJ and Kraft line their pockets for them.
Your saying the same thing as Upshaw and NFLPA - And I agree
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oooops...nevermind.
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http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2355861
Sorry if a repost, but ESPN reports that cap compliance has been moved to Wednesday at 9:00pm.
The 9:00pm deadline was posted on ESPN's NFL frontpage in a caption.
Sorry if a repost, but ESPN reports that cap compliance has been moved to Wednesday at 9:00pm.
The 9:00pm deadline was posted on ESPN's NFL frontpage in a caption.
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Nors said:
Actually I think the problem is with the cash over the cap. Teams are trying to lower signing bonuses by making them hit the salary cap all at one. Some team like Jacksonville cannot afford to give huge signing bonuses like Jerry Jones and spread them over five years. The small market teams are trying to keep a competititive edge.
