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You could probably hear the cheers of football fans all over the country during this week as the NFL's proposed a brand new collective bargaining agreement which was later approved by team owners, and the Executive Committee of the Players' Association and the Player Reps that come from each and every team. Even if a good amount of people have managed to find that the break from the NFL mania as a good respite, there is still a good majority of them that just can’t wait to start making tailgates plans, they will be donning their team jerseys, it’s time to clean up the man caves and start buying those tickets to the football games that were on hold in the past, for the whole season.
You can now see a very good amount of banner ads all over the internet with website that offer people the opportunity to make their fantasy football leagues. At the same time there are teams that are scrambling in order to sign 1000+ free agents, the drafts picks plus the undrafted rookies right before the training caps are going to start on Sunday, July 31st.
During the last few exciting days there were many fans who eagerly are watching and waiting in order to see who exactly is going to be added to their favorite team’s roster. And for all of you out there that are die-hards here is how everything is going to be played out: Everything will start on July 26 at 10 AM EST time, the teams will be permitted to do the following things: 1) Sign for the drafted and undrafted rookies, 2) the talking made to the restricted and unrestricted veterans free agents and finally 3) where the trades with other teams will be discussed. In order to better understand we are going to give you an example: if you are an Eagles fan then you can officially shop for Kevin Kolb to the other teams out there.
After that starting 6pm EST on July 29 the teams are going to sign veteran free agents and finally complete the player trades. And at the same time there is going to be a big change that you are able to notice out: the drafted rookies can no longer make mega contracts. There is also a new collective bargaining agreement that will eliminate all the deal types that guarantees players $50 MM in the past. From now on there will be a rookie pool and there are also limited incentives available.
At the end the question will be who won and who lost at this NFL Lockout with no precedent. Just like any other labor disputes out there, no side is going to get everything they wanted. The team owners are going to get a larger percentage of revenues and the rookie contracts will be limited, so that they don’t really lose any of the money during the lockout.
The players will get increased safety rules, and by establishing more money that is going to be paid directly by the league in order to preserve many of the free agency benefits that are achieve under the prior collective bargaining agreement.
For your information here are some of the biggest names that are going to be in play during the free agency: NhamdiAsomugha went to Eagles, Reggie Bush went to Dolphins, PlaxicoBurress might join Giants, Santonio Holmes plus several other more big named players are going to be traded, like: Donovan McNabb will play for Vikings, Kevin Kolb will start for Cardinals, and Dominque Rodgers-Cromartie. |
