NFLPA Urging Agents To Begin Negotiating Player Contracts With Teams

The NFL Players Association emailed a letter to all agents Tuesday, urging them to begin negotiating player contracts with teams. In a letter sent by Mark Levin, the NFLPA's director of research, the trade association asked agents to immediately contact teams about any of their players who aren't under contract right now. The letter states that "unless or until" U.S. District Judge Susan Richard Nelson issues a stay of her ruling to end the NFL-imposed lockout, as the league has asked, the NFLPA believes business should begin now. If a player's contract has expired, the letter states "class counsel believes that you and your agent can start negotiating." The letter, which provides a primer and a question-and-answer segment about the latest developments in the courts, goes on to state that if a team "refuses" to cooperate in negotiations with a free agent, "you should contact class counsel immediately."

Source: NFL.com

 

The NFLPA is within their legal rights to do this.....they won the court case.

There's nothing the NFL can do about it legally.

 

A team can refuse to negotiate...they don't have to sign anyone...

 

I think right now they are sticking to be unified but if Nnamdi came at me and said he'd give a "discount" if we signed him, I might be enticed...lol.

 

Only the Giants and Raiders would allow negations right now imo......

 

2 Steelers report for work

 

I hope players start signing.

 

Let the circus continue

 

If teams go much longer in not signing anyone, they put themselves in serious risk of collusion. Remember that the NFL is 32 separate companies and there is a lawsuit against them in progress.