Commanders Post at The Warpath - View Single Post - Redskins, Cowboys could go “nuclear” over cap mess

FRPLG · 04-19-2012, 10:31 AM

Well this just highlights that the NFL was actively trying to depress salaries with this handshake agrreement on an imaginary cap. Seems like the NFL would want to just settle this and move on before Burbank gets a hold of it and potentially throws a bomb into the room.

I'd love to hear a more legally informed opinion regarding the NFLPA's agreement to all of this. I know they signed away their right to sue in the CBA negotiations but it seems like an argument could be made that they signed away their rights absent key incriminating evidence and that could maybe render that unenforceable.

Plus what is the legal justification for extortion? Wouldn't informing a union that the cap was going to decrease if they didn't sign off be legally shaky at best?

04-19-2012, 10:31 AM	#11
FRPLG MVP Join Date: May 2004 Age: 47 Posts: 10,164	Re: Redskins, Cowboys could go “nuclear” over cap mess Well this just highlights that the NFL was actively trying to depress salaries with this handshake agrreement on an imaginary cap. Seems like the NFL would want to just settle this and move on before Burbank gets a hold of it and potentially throws a bomb into the room. I'd love to hear a more legally informed opinion regarding the NFLPA's agreement to all of this. I know they signed away their right to sue in the CBA negotiations but it seems like an argument could be made that they signed away their rights absent key incriminating evidence and that could maybe render that unenforceable. Plus what is the legal justification for extortion? Wouldn't informing a union that the cap was going to decrease if they didn't sign off be legally shaky at best?