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Originally Posted by SmootSmack
An agreement in principle is maybe a week or two away at best, after that it should take maybe another 2 weeks to finalize and formalize it (not sure what you mean by the whole legal process starts then), and there wouldn't be a full training camp and pre-season. They aren't going to finalize a deal in early August let's say and then have a full off-season. They'll just abbreviate it in order to get to the start of the season in time.
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It was my understanding that, due to the Nflpa's suit against the NFL, once a CBA is reached, the court must examine it and give all plaintiffs (every single NFL player) ample time to review the CBA and challenge any particular point of the deal they don't like. Essentially, because of the lawsuit, there is a legal process that must play out and it's going to take at least a couple of weeks-and that's assuming no players challenge the deal. If some bonehead player decided to claim his interests were not represented by the Nflpa, things would get messy.