Gazoo thinks the "new CBA" will be a tough sell..
"Extending the free agency deadline again, this time to Thursday, might not be the best way to settle the labor problems, but it was the only alternative. Unable to reach a deal Sunday night, the NFL went to Gene Upshaw and offered to take the union's last proposal to the owners for a vote in Dallas on Tuesday. No deal, even if it was agreed upon under better circumstances, was going to be totally sellable to owners. Redskins owner Dan Snyder isn't going to like the "cash-over-cap" provisions that will limit his ability to outspend other teams in a given year. Some owners won't like giving 59.5 percent of total revenues to the players knowing that it's going to cost $5 million to $6 million more than they expected. The lower-revenue teams, in particular, aren't going to like doing this deal without more sharing of local revenues from the upper-echelon teams.
The NFLPA's proposal won't be an easy sell Tuesday in Dallas, but it's the only way the salary cap system stays in place.
Fixed costs: One good thing about the six-year labor deal being proposed to the owners Tuesday is that the owners will know the fixed costs of doing business. With a cash-over-cap provision in the deal, owners know they won't be totally outspent by the high-revenue clubs. Call the "cash-over-cap" provision a soft cap within the regular salary cap. It's not as though teams can't go beyond the yearly salary cap allotment of say $106 million or so. If they do, there will be a penalty that might count against next year's cap. An owner such as Snyder will be able to go over the cap one year knowing it will cost him the next year. But at least he'll have some options."
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