NFL delays free agency

by Dave Halprin on Mar 2, 2006 4:17 PM CST in Dallas Cowboys News

ESPN News is reporting that the owners and players have agreed to a 3-day delay for free agency. Chris Mortenson said that negotiations are going to start again between the owners and the players on the CBA. Both sides agreed to delay free agency to resume the negotiations. The cut-down deadline has been extended to Sunday night. I thought it was awful quiet on the "Bloody Thursday" front, it turns out that no mass purges of rosters have occurred because there is still a chance to get the deal done. Hold on through the weekend, it ain't over yet.

Update [2006-3-2 17:28:43 by Grizz]: The cut-down deadline to get under the salary cap has been moved to Sunday, March 5th at 6 P.M. EST. The new league year and hence free agency will begin at 12:01 A.M. EST on Monday, March 6th.

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Did someone Blink

It looks like the Gene Upshaw and the NFLPA plan of holding things up until the last minute thinking the owners would cave, just blinked in the high state game of chicken thats known as the NFL owners.

by Deke on Mar 2, 2006 4:45 PM CST reply actions

Please!

Way to stick to the "deadline" people. This whole thing is BS, and makes both sides look like greedy, spoiled children. As a sportswriter said, the NFL has a good thing going - don't screw it up!

by APerfectStar on Mar 2, 2006 5:20 PM CST reply actions

Wow...

What's being reported now is that it was the owners who blinked, they called the union and said they would have another proposal soon. Because of that, Upshaw agreed to the delay.

I was like Deke, I thought the players would be the one's to blink. I guess just how much the owners blinked will be shown in their proposal; how close will they come to the 60% number?

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by Dave Halprin on Mar 2, 2006 6:04 PM CST reply actions

Thats interesting

That might be the case, but maybe the NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue stepped in and asked both sides to sit down one more time and see if they could work things out, maybe the commish is the voice of reasoning here as he's the one looking out for the league. Lets hope they get it worked out, but I wouldn't mind seeing the Redskins get gashed if their isn't any agreement.

by Deke on Mar 2, 2006 6:32 PM CST reply actions