Hey guys I'm back.
I couldn't wait until tomorrow to talk about my favorite subject of the sports world. So, I had to do it tonight. It is about the NFL, more specifically the CBA that has the NFL in lockout. ESPN revealed the full details of the CBA that was proposed from the NFL to the NFLPA. In other words the deal was proposed from the Owners and Roger Goodell to the players and DeMaurice Smith.
In this new agreement the players will get 48 percent of all revenue, all revenue being the total money the NFL makes. In the previous CBA, owners would take 1 billion dollars off the top, After that has been taken off the top, the remaining 8 billion dollars would be split 60/40: 60 percent for the players and 40 percent for the owners. Now it will be split 52/48, owners with 52 percent and players with 48. The players share will never drop below 46.5 percent. But on top of the 52 percent for the owners, they will also get expense funds for new staium contruction, sources tell ESPN. This seems like a very fair deal to me.
Players think they will be able to cope with the 48 percent of the revenue because of the projected revenue growth by 2016. Another reason is the devices in the agreement that require a team to spend close to 100 percent of their salary cap, this accourding to ESPN's John Clayton. The mandatory minimum spending increase is a factor that worries alot of lower-revenue teams. This means that if the salary cap was set at $100 million then a team's payroll would have to total up to be at, or close to $100 million. In the previous agreement the payroll floor was less than 90 percent of the salary cap. This is a good thing for high-revenue clubs, but not for the low-revenue teams. With the revenue increase the players will be making plenty of money so this deal might just work out. But there are lots of other details that have to be just right.
The next addition is the rookie wage scale which alot of people have been wanting for quite some time now. If you did not already know, the rookie wage scale will keep teams from paying rookies too much, making sure they don't get more than the veterans who have been in the league for years. This came into place because of the salaries of young players like Matthew Stafford, San Bradford, and Jamarcus Russell. This has to be put in place, and most people understand that. This will now become part of the deal but according to sources it is still being "tweaked".
Next up is the 18-game schedule that has been very much discussed around the league. Although it has been much discussed, at this point in negotiations the 18-game schedule is jsut a negotiable item and is not part of the deal.
The next thing that has been very rarely talked about but was a very important puzzle-piece to the deal is the retirees plan. They have a good plan as it is right now. In the beginning of negotiations, retired players were not part of the deal and they got no benefits. In the new deal offered to the players, retired players will benefit from improved health care. Penison benefits will come as the revenue is expected to double to $18 Billion by 2016.
Another small detail is the Thursday Night Football deal. The new 16-game Thursday night TV package will begin in 2012, and this would be included in the new CBA.
If all these factors are right, then this could be a done deal no later than mid-July. The meeting that ended today lasted 5 hours according to Roger Goodell. Things are certrainly moving in the right direction which is good new for everybody. The deal is most likely to be sealed in one to three weeks, and the new league year is expected to begin in mid-July. The silver lining to all of this in my opinion? The players are ready to commit to a 10-year deal if the sides can agree on all of the terms, according to John Clayton. Any disagreement in talks could lead to loss of preseason games and it could even threaten the season opener. Tuesday is day 98 of this dreadfulk lockout, which makes this the longest work stoppage in NFL History.
Thanks for reading
Christian
Soruces: http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=6687485
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