New Collective Bargaining Agreement Will Be 7-10 Years

ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter reports if and when the two sides finalize a deal, the new CBA will be 7 to 10 years. On Thursday, the sides agreed in principle to a rookie wage system scale. The rookie scale was the last major hurdle in negotiations but there are still some issues left unresolved. Tops the list of issues needing to be resolved include The Legacy Fund, which benefits retired players and also needing to be settled is the owners' request for a right of first refusal on up to three veteran free agents in 2011, an issue on which the players won't relent, according to sources. The parties must work on language to settle the Brady antitrust suit and any plaintiff damages, as well as address the looming decision by Judge David Doty in the television rights fee case and issues of workers' compensation and injury guarantees also are still being negotiated.

Source: Adam Schefter: Twitter.com

 

Glad to hear it'll be a long-term agreement and not a three-four year patch-up job.

 

As long as there are no opt-out clauses...

 

So great...in another 7-10 years, we'll all be pissed off once again waiting once again for yet another agreement....dammit. :icon_twisted:

 

I was thinking the same, Bandi. But at least 7-10 years..is better than 3-4.

 

Hopefully in the next decade or so.....DeMaurice Smith and Roger Goodell develops a stronger relationship so this doesn't become an issue again.