Even with new CBA in place, Russell Okung’s legal challenge lingers

If the CBA vote had failed, Russell Okung‘s recent efforts against the NFL Players Association would have become moot. Given that the CBA vote succeed, Okung’s challenges remain relevant. Last week, he filed a claim with the National Labor Relations Board accusing his own union of bad-faith practices. His claims need to be addressed, handled, [more]

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New labor deal injects a lot more cash into free agency

The decision of the players to pass a new labor deal is good news over the long haul, given recent world events. It’s also good news in the short term, whenever free agency begins. As explained last week, the difference in actual spending between what would have been the final year of the old CBA [more]

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NFL sets 2020 salary cap at $198.2 million

The NFLPA announced that its membership approved the new Collective Bargaining Agreement on Sunday morning and that announcement was followed quickly by word on the size of the salary cap for the 2020 season. The NFL has informed teams that the cap will be $198.2 million for the coming year. There was talk that the [more]

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NFLPA president JC Tretter: Players were split on CBA, our duty is to bring them together

The results of the NFLPA’s vote on the proposed Collective Bargaining Agreement were very close and Sunday brought an announcement that the pact was ultimately approved by a 60-vote margin. While players were debating which way to vote on the CBA, the union elected a new president in Browns center JC Tretter. Tretter issued a [more]

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NFL, NFLPA discussing delaying start of free agency

Now that the Collective Bargaining Agreement has passed, the NFL and the Players Association are moving on to a pressing matter. They are discussing delaying the start of free agency, a source tells PFT. The legal tampering window is scheduled to open Monday with free agents able to officially sign contracts when the new league [more]

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Dramatic change in world circumstances likely saved the CBA

If the world hadn’t turned upside down this week, the proposed CBA likely would have been turned inside out. Multiple sources and observers have expressed to PFT in the aftermath of the news that the NFL Players Association has narrowly ratified a new labor deal that the public-health and economic crises of recent days pushed [more]

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Roger Goodell “pleased that the players have voted to ratify”

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell sees the NFL Players Association’s ratification of the Collective Bargaining Agreement as a victory. Goodell issued a statement saying the league is happy to see the CBA pass in a vote of the players’ union. “​We are pleased that the players have voted to ratify the proposed new CBA, which will [more]

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