[GhettoDogAllStars]

Originally Posted by SBXVII

I think your sorta right. I think they can meet with the NFLPA and come to an agreement but I think it would still have to be presented to the next owners meeting for a final vote. Maybe even sent to the next players meeting for a final vote. But I don't think the league can arbitrarily just change the rules.

Besides there was no CBA. No CAP. the agreement was a "hey guys lets not spend too much this offseason ok, and if you do break this suggestion then we might punish you." I doubt DS and JJ felt it was binding since they went about doing what they did. I also have a major issue with the fact the league APPROVED these contracts. They had an opportunity to deny them, decline them, or simply send them back to the teams and tell them because of the way they are written they can't be approved. That didn't happen. Why wasn't it if this is such a big deal? oh I get it the league didn't want to get into trouble with the labor laws (collusion). If it was wrong now it was wrong then and they never should have approved the contracts. If it was not wrong at the time (which it apparently was not because they approved them) then it's not wrong now. There should be no punishment.

I could be mistaken, but the way I understand it is that there was a CBA at the time, and the provision for no cap was part of it. If true, that essentially means the NFL was in violation of the CBA, by imposing "cap rules".