New CBA Sent To Players For Final Vote

The NFLPA announced early Wednesday morning that it will send the proposed CBA to the full player membership for a vote. 

If a simple majority of the players vote yes, the new 10-year CBA will be instituted. 

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The proposal was sent to the players after a meeting between the owners and the NFLPA executive board along with a handful of the 32 team player reps to address concerns.

NFL Media’s Tom Pelissero reports the owners agreed to remove the $250,000 cap on a 17th game that had been in place before but rejected a proposal to shorten the offseason more.

Pelissero adds the player reps voted just 17-14, with one abstaining vote, to pass the CBA along, meaning it was not recommended. This comes after the NFLPA executive board also voted 6-5 not to recommend the CBA ratified by the owners. 

According to ESPN’s Dan Graziano, the full player vote won’t be for a couple of weeks as lawyers draft the full document. The Washington Post’s Mark Maske reports the NFL and NFLPA will meet to discuss operational rules for this offseason, such as whether two franchise tags will be allowed. 

It will be interesting to see the results of the full player vote on the proposed CBA. A number of prominent players have come out against the terms of the deal, arguing the players aren’t receiving enough for the massive concession of a 17th game.

However, the new deal does offer a significant pay raise for the majority of the rank and file players. With the average career length only three years, there’s not a major incentive for most of the NFL’s 1,900 players to turn down a pay raise and risk a work stoppage. 

We’ll have more on the CBA as the news is available.