CBA Question

[bsfins]

I know it has been mentioned (Probably just message board Fotter) about like a Rookie,payscale like the NBA has...Stuff like that has to be worked out,in the CBA agreement,right?

So there's no chance in hell of that happening this time around?

thanks...

[YoFuggedaboutit]

Here's a post from Bob Flanders on DolphinBlog.com that will answer your question.  I'm still optimistic that they will work something out in the last hours.... or soon after. 


The NFL owners and the players' union have until midnight Sunday to agree on an extension to the league's Collective Bargaining Agreement. And just when the talks looked dead, there might be a glimmer of hope.
Gene Upshaw, the executive director of the NFL Players Association, told ESPN's Chris Mortensen that the two sides are meeting in New York again Sunday and that the two sides communicated via e-mail on Saturday night after face-to-face talks broke down Saturday.

In an e-mail to the Washington Post, Gene Upshaw said the two sides were "now in the area where we will get a deal. I think it may be there. It comes down to a few final points."

 


The next 11 hours are a pretty big deal for the immediate future of the Miami Dolphins. Without the CBA, the the money just won't be there for the type of free-agents that Nick has his sites on---hence stunting the rebuild part of St. Nicks plans.

Upshaws email up above sure sounds like there's some compromise going on between the 56.2 the owners are asking for and the 60 percent that the players are demanding. My guess is that they will settle at around 57.5 of the total revenue pie. Let's hope.

[bsfins]

Here's a post from Bob Flanders on DolphinBlog.com that will answer your question. I'm still optimistic that they will work something out in the last hours.... or soon after.


The NFL owners and the players' union have until midnight Sunday to agree on an extension to the league's Collective Bargaining Agreement. And just when the talks looked dead, there might be a glimmer of hope.
Gene Upshaw, the executive director of the NFL Players Association, told ESPN's Chris Mortensen that the two sides are meeting in New York again Sunday and that the two sides communicated via e-mail on Saturday night after face-to-face talks broke down Saturday.

In an e-mail to the Washington Post, Gene Upshaw said the two sides were "now in the area where we will get a deal. I think it may be there. It comes down to a few final points."

 


The next 11 hours are a pretty big deal for the immediate future of the Miami Dolphins. Without the CBA, the the money just won't be there for the type of free-agents that Nick has his sites on---hence stunting the rebuild part of St. Nicks plans.

Upshaws email up above sure sounds like there's some compromise going on between the 56.2 the owners are asking for and the 60 percent that the players are demanding. My guess is that they will settle at around 57.5 of the total revenue pie. Let's hope.

This has absolutely  NOTHING to do with what I asked....I didn't want to read someone's opinion....Did you even read what I asked?

[YoFuggedaboutit]

This has absolutely  NOTHING to do with what I asked....I didn't want to read someone's opinion....Did you even read what I asked?

I thought you were talking about the chances of a deal getting done.  I heard they mentioned that before, but I don't see them talking about it in this new deal.  What you have to realize is that if they limit rookie salaries, top rookies will not play football.  They realize that one wrong hit can end their careers and want to cash in with that high draft spot salary. 

[Phishfan]

What you have to realize is that if they limit rookie salaries, top rookies will not play football. 

What would they do then? Quite a few of them are not qualified to do anything else at that point in their lives.

[fyo]

One wrong hit can end a proven player's carreer just as easily. I haven't heard anyone who doesn't think rookies are paid comparatively too much.

[YoFuggedaboutit]

One wrong hit can end a proven player's carreer just as easily. I haven't heard anyone who doesn't think rookies are paid comparatively too much.

When Ronnie Brown is guaranteed more money than Brian Westbrook and hasn't proven himself, that could be a big problem.  Let's just say (not that this will ever happen), that Ronnie Brown turns out to be a bust.  You've already given him a $19 million signing bonus, so if you cut him, you take a $16 million hit on your cap.  So you have to stick with him and he messes up your backfield for a few years.  That's why some teams are picking so high every year.  Their picks turn out to be busts.    Limiting rookie salaries would ease this concern.  I agree with this, because for every Peyton Manning, there is a Ryan Leaf