Lockout down to Free Agency, Rookie wages.

[weymouthst]

Several people with knowledge of the talks tell The Associated Press that such key issues as splitting total revenues—the major reason for the dispute— the salary cap, fewer offseason workouts and the length of a new collective bargaining agreement are close to being completed.

Almost there...

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-nfllabor

[CatMan72]

Now let's hope the owners don't try another bait and switch on the revenue split.

I think the deal will get done this week because this week is the deadline for a full preseason schedule and the owners are not going to leave that preseason game money on the table.

[firstdayfan]

Is it just me or does anyone else think JR is one of the main guys pushing for the right of refusal bs? With Johnson, Williams, Anderson, and Davis all potentially gone I just think he is the one trying to cover his ass bc of the strategy his has employed the last couple years.

[Vampire the buffet slayer]

The ticker at the bottom of SC read that Smith told the NY times (could be another paper) the union is still considering decertifing. That dosent sound good to me.

[CarolinaNut]

The ticker at the bottom of SC read that Smith told the NY times (could be another paper) the union is still considering decertifing. That dosent sound good to me.

uhh...they already decertified

[Vampire the buffet slayer]

Uh.. then how is the Players union still locked out? By decertifying there would be no players union right?

[UsAgainstTheWorld]

The ticker at the bottom of SC read that Smith told the NY times (could be another paper) the union is still considering decertifing. That dosent sound good to me.

That was talking about the NBA.

[4Corners]

I'll believe it when I see it. :willy_nilly:

[weymouthst]

The big deal here is the majority of the disagreement seems to be under control and close to being resolved.

I am actually interested in how the rookie wages will be decided.

How much money do you think Cam should get? A 50 mil contract seems way to high for him, even though I think I would pull the trigger if the old rookie wages were in place.

[pantherfan49]

Cam should get no more than 25 mil guaranteed.

[Hoenheim]

we should throw a huddle party thread when the lockout ends.

[panthers55]

The issue with a rookie salary scale is not only guaranteed money but years until they can became a free agent. Right now it costs tons of money for a top pick but at least you can lock them up for 5 years. The rookie cap needs to not only limit the money but at least lock them up for 4 years instead of the three the players want. And this agreement should include some kind of franchise tag so you can keep a franchise QB.

[Montsta]

Is it just me or does anyone else think JR is one of the main guys pushing for the right of refusal bs? With Johnson, Williams, Anderson, and Davis all potentially gone I just think he is the one trying to cover his ass bc of the strategy his has employed the last couple years.

Every single team has guys that are somewhere in the 4-6 year range that they are afraid of losing for nothing, not just Carolina. Fact of the matter is players don't want right of refusal because they want their big payday, and owners want it to be able to retain their own talented players. It seems like a fairly large issue.

[RoadRunner]

For some reason every time I read this CBA stuff it seems like it's always just weeks away. Is it just me or do these "weeks away" seem to have lasted for months now? :sad: