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Originally Posted by mlmdub130

there should def be a cba by feb if not the owners are more douchy than i previously thought, while a lot of guys are over paid, just think of how many get boned by the nfl and have blown out knees and no money and no help from the nfl, even like colt who had a minimum second year salary around 330k but now he is on ir he gets a fraction, absolutly nothing is garunteed in the nfl

I wouldn't count on a CBA by Feb. They have just begun to scratch the surface with prelimenary talks. The fact of the matter is that the owners are going to want a percentage of money back and the NFLPA is not going to be willing to give it up. 2010 is more than likely going to be an uncapped year. If they don't have an agreement before the start of the 2011 season then there is going to be a lockout (I can see it going that far). We probably wont see football again until right before the end of the world and we will never see a SB after 2010. JK

Seriously though, I would not be suprised to see the lockout in 2011 forcing the owners and NFLPA to pull their heads out of their collective asses. More realistically though, I expect a CBA at the stroke of midnight before the 2011 season CBA deadline. 2010 will be uncapped.

[mlmdub130]

Originally Posted by Angry

I wouldn't count on a CBA by Feb. They have just begun to scratch the surface with prelimenary talks. The fact of the matter is that the owners are going to want a percentage of money back and the NFLPA is not going to be willing to give it up. 2010 is more than likely going to be an uncapped year. If they don't have an agreement before the start of the 2011 season then there is going to be a lockout (I can see it going that far). We probably wont see football again until right before the end of the world and we will never see a SB after 2010. JK

Seriously though, I would not be suprised to see the lockout in 2011 forcing the owners and NFLPA to pull their heads out of their collective asses. More realistically though, I expect a CBA at the stroke of midnight before the 2011 season CBA deadline. 2010 will be uncapped.

i don't think uncapped is the biggest issue i thinks it's unfloored, you could have special teams guys getting paid less than 5k a game, and the one good thing is i really don't see the owners wanting a lockout thats a lot of coin

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Originally Posted by mlmdub130

i don't think uncapped is the biggest issue i thinks it's unfloored, you could have special teams guys getting paid less than 5k a game, and the one good thing is i really don't see the owners wanting a lockout thats a lot of coin

The owners never WANT a lockout. But lockouts have happened before.

As far as the cap, the floor, and free agency are concerned, the issue is that without a cap players will be required to have an extra year of service before they will be unrestricted free agents. So whether it is a buyer's market or a seller's market, there just won't be as many players moving.