Redskins, Cowboys could go “nuclear” over cap mess

[HoopheadVII]

Originally Posted by skinsguy

It all goes back what I said earlier. If the teams can just simply vote to punish a team or teams anytime they want to for whatever reason they want, then why even have a CBA? If you're not going to follow the agreement like it's laid out, what's the purpose of it? That's quite illogical, to assume the teams can have a majority vote to penalize a team for actions they did years ago under a different CBA. Why would any owner want to go along with this willingly, knowing the same thing could easily happen to them as well.

The most logical solution goes back to this: The 'skins and 'boys did what they did in 2010, which was an uncapped season under the old CBA - which was current during 2010. This vote that Hoop keeps putting all of his apples into really doesn't have any credence of legality, but moreover, was just a formality. Just like the leagues move to ask for dismissal was a formality. The long and short of it is simply those two clubs did nothing wrong; they followed the CBA to the letter, they did not collude.

The CBA doesn't have anything to do with how the League can discipline it's member Clubs. It authorises an arbitrator to enforce certain provisions and settle disputes.

The NFL Bylaws do describe how the NFL can discipline its member Clubs. It provides for appeals to go to the Executive Committee (32 owners). Beyond that, a Club would have to sue in civil court.

And the vote that was made by the owners seemed to be a limited vote on a specific subject - to ratify the NFLMCs agreement with the NFLPA to modify the salary cap to punish two teams.