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After a day of confusion and contradiction on Friday, a day on which the NFLPA executive committee voted not to endorse the CBA proposal that it had spent ten months negotiating with owners, and on which the 32 player reps, meeting via conference call decided not to go forward with a scheduled vote, we finally have news of a face-to-face meeting between the owners and representatives that will take place on Tuesday at the Combine in Indianapolis, according to Tom Pelissero of the NFL Network.
So now what? A meeting in Indianapolis and multiple votes by NFL players that still could yield a new CBA sooner than later. @nflnetwork @NFLTotalAccess pic.twitter.com/JiaQlmVPRx
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) February 22, 2020
There had been a hope that, after the owners voted to approve the terms of the agreement on Thursday, the NFLPA leadership and representatives might follow suit on Friday, setting the stage for a speedy vote by the players.
While no “hard” deadline is in place for this year since the league can simply play out the season on the current labor agreement, there are a number of practical reasons why some had hoped or expected that agreement to the new negotiated deal was imminent.
The advantages of a quick approval of the proposed agreement would have included immediate implementation of the agreement (with any advantages it offers to each side), avoidance of both uncertainty and special rules that come with playing the 2020 season under the final-year provisions existing (2011) CBA, and certainty that would allow the league to pursue new broadcast rights agreements (and possibly tap into revenue from future legalized gambling opportunities) without delay or uncertainty.
Federal labor law requires that the full membership of the union be given the opportunity to vote on the proposal from owners, and the agreement can be ratified by a simple majority of 50 percent plus one. This means that the process could go forward and the proposal from owners could be adopted even without the full support of the management council or player representatives, but any delays in approval at this point will have ripple effects on this season, starting with designation of franchise tagged players, which can happen as early as 25 February, since there is one set of rules for such designation under the current CBA, but a different set of rules under the proposed agreement.
Pellisero reports that the owners and members of the union leadership will meet face-to-face on Tuesday, with the player representatives then voting on Tuesday night or Wednesday morning, leading to a vote on the proposal by the full membership of the union, though there is no public report yet of exactly when that vote will happen.
There’s plenty of drama surrounding this high-stakes negotiation over the future of the NFL’s collective bargaining agreement.
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