sven233 Posted March 6, 2006 Posted March 6, 2006 Waiting to see if the owners ratify on Tuesday....... per ESPN........RIGHT NOW Just found the link: Agreement in principle Great news if true! *****UPDATE****** the number is 59.5% of all revenue for the players
MartyBall4Buffalo Posted March 6, 2006 Posted March 6, 2006 I'm not holding my breath anymore. This whole thing is ridiculous. Wake me up when draft talk can start up again.
Stl Bills Posted March 6, 2006 Posted March 6, 2006 I'm not holding my breath anymore. This whole thing is ridiculous. Wake me up when draft talk can start up again. 618864[/snapback] Couldn't say it any better
sven233 Posted March 6, 2006 Author Posted March 6, 2006 Not holding my breath either, just reporting what was said! Just hope it is true.
sven233 Posted March 6, 2006 Author Posted March 6, 2006 I guess all these cuts and everything that we have been hearing about will be put on hold now or retracted. With a higher cap, some of these guys that were originally cut may now find a way to resign. Should be an interesting couple of days here.
Buftex Posted March 6, 2006 Posted March 6, 2006 I guess all these cuts and everything that we have been hearing about will be put on hold now or retracted. With a higher cap, some of these guys that were originally cut may now find a way to resign. Should be an interesting couple of days here. 618909[/snapback] I am not sure on this, but I don't think they can re-sign with the teams that cut them...I think the Bills might have kept Sam Adams if they could have afforded to, and maybe Mike Williams with a major pay cut, but Milloy and Campbell, I dunno....
Stl Bills Posted March 6, 2006 Posted March 6, 2006 There's no rule against resigning with the team that cut you, its just nobody is going to do it. Anybody who gets cut, more than likely feels unwanted and this generally stews up a little (or a lot in some case) resentment. Mix in the Pro-Athlete Ego factor and I doubt you will find any NFL players tucking their tail between their legs and crawling back to their old teams.....that is unless they can't find a job elsewhere.
ndirish1978 Posted March 6, 2006 Posted March 6, 2006 STL your mock v 1.0 would be great. Not to knock our young guy but Mangold is a beast. I thought he would be a 1st rounder though.
Thailog80 Posted March 6, 2006 Posted March 6, 2006 I'm not holding my breath anymore. This whole thing is ridiculous. Wake me up when draft talk can start up again. 618864[/snapback] Very well put.
scribo Posted March 6, 2006 Posted March 6, 2006 There's no rule against resigning with the team that cut you, its just nobody is going to do it. Anybody who gets cut, more than likely feels unwanted and this generally stews up a little (or a lot in some case) resentment. Mix in the Pro-Athlete Ego factor and I doubt you will find any NFL players tucking their tail between their legs and crawling back to their old teams.....that is unless they can't find a job elsewhere. 618915[/snapback] The players won't have a say in it. The new extension stipulates that any team that made a cut in the past two weeks may rescind that move up until the salary cap deadline. This was put into place just in case a deal was reached and teams (such as the Chiefs) determined they could keep a player (such as Will Shields) with the higher cap.
OGTEleven Posted March 6, 2006 Posted March 6, 2006 I am not sure on this, but I don't think they can re-sign with the teams that cut them...I think the Bills might have kept Sam Adams if they could have afforded to, and maybe Mike Williams with a major pay cut, but Milloy and Campbell, I dunno.... 618911[/snapback] I thought I read somewhere that teams can "recall" their free agents this year based on te special circumstances. I doubt it will have impact on any of the Bills releases.
scribo Posted March 6, 2006 Posted March 6, 2006 I thought I read somewhere that teams can "recall" their free agents this year based on te special circumstances. I doubt it will have impact on any of the Bills releases. 618935[/snapback] See the post just above yours.
Beerball Posted March 6, 2006 Posted March 6, 2006 See the post just above yours. 618936[/snapback] T80 always says it best.
booya2 Posted March 6, 2006 Posted March 6, 2006 If the recall rule is true, we desparately need Sam back.
JDG Posted March 6, 2006 Posted March 6, 2006 I am not sure on this, but I don't think they can re-sign with the teams that cut them...I think the Bills might have kept Sam Adams if they could have afforded to, and maybe Mike Williams with a major pay cut, but Milloy and Campbell, I dunno.... 618911[/snapback] No chance of that. The new regime cut the above players for football reasons as much as salary cap reasons. Its not like we were desperate for cap space.... JDG
Stl Bills Posted March 6, 2006 Posted March 6, 2006 STL your mock v 1.0 would be great. Not to knock our young guy but Mangold is a beast. I thought he would be a 1st rounder though. 618925[/snapback] Neither one of my mock drafts are feasible at this point, they were both constructed around the time of the senior bowl. Since the combine most of these guys' stock have gone through the roof..Mangold, Lawson, etc. I really need to do post-combine version 3.0 that is a little more realistic.
John in VA Beach Posted March 6, 2006 Posted March 6, 2006 I read the link above and am curious, does the fact that the proposal is being submitted to the owners mean that the NFL in principle approves of the proposal? I read the link and tried to do some searches, but everything I read doesn’t indicate a deal is imminent. In fact, ESPN News says that Upshaw presented this as the NFLPA’s final proposal and the League said basically “okay we’ll show the owners what you’ve got”. Where is the optimism coming from? Thanks in advance….
scribo Posted March 6, 2006 Posted March 6, 2006 I read the link above and am curious, does the fact that the proposal is being submitted to the owners mean that the NFL in principle approves of the proposal? I read the link and tried to do some searches, but everything I read doesn’t indicate a deal is imminent. In fact, ESPN News says that Upshaw presented this as the NFLPA’s final proposal and the League said basically “okay we’ll show the owners what you’ve got”. Where is the optimism coming from? Thanks in advance…. 619301[/snapback] My observation exactly.
Dan III Posted March 6, 2006 Posted March 6, 2006 My observation exactly. 619317[/snapback] 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." http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?...n_john#20060306
MadBuffaloDisease Posted March 6, 2006 Posted March 6, 2006 The "cash over cap" will also help Snyder save himself FROM himself. But as I've said elsewhere, the NFLPA has to accept at most 58% of DGR's. And can anyone tell me WHY stadium naming rights should be considered DGR? I can see the other stuff, to a degree, but naming rights?
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