Another free agency delay?

by Dave Halprin on Mar 8, 2006 9:44 PM CST in Dallas Cowboys News

Update [2006-3-8 23:17:24 by Grizz]: Gene Upshaw says he will grant the delay in free agency, pushing it back to Saturday morning at 12:01 AM. The deal is a 6-year extension of the CBA. At least we won't have to go through this again for a while.

From the ESPN article on the deal:

Free agency, put off twice by the protracted negotiations between the owners and players, now will start at 12:01 a.m. Friday. NFL owners, however, are trying to get in touch with Upshaw in order to ask for a 24-hour delay to the start of free agency, ESPN's Chris Mortensen reports. If Upshaw grants the extension, free agency would then begin at 12:01 a.m. ET Saturday.

Come on Upshaw, be the voice of reason and say no way, we need free agency to start ASAP.

Also from the article:

The agreement concludes weeks of contentious negotiations between the league and the NFL Players' Association. The new extension will add nearly $8 million to the 2006 salary cap, pushing it to $102 million, Mortensen reports.

So Mort says only $8 million more, not 10 million as previously reported.

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Players won

Although it was reported that the players final offer was 59.5%, using the $94.53 salary cap under the old agreement and 56.1% the players' reported share of total revenues under the old agreement, the actual share for players in the new CBA is 60.5% and Upshaw seems to have carried the day with new revenue sharing formulas and his money demands both.

Of course we are the ones who win because labor stability and higher cap allow us to see more veterans on the team and presumably better football over the next 6 years.

by lee3022 on Mar 8, 2006 11:59 PM CST reply actions

agree

The players came out with what they wanted, and we got what we wanted; labor peace. The owners? You'll have to ask them how they feel about but it sounds like they were fighting each other more than fighting the players union.

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by Dave Halprin on Mar 9, 2006 12:22 AM CST reply actions