Report: NFLPA to hold 'membership-wide' conference calls to update players on CBA talks

It sounds like the NFL and the NFLPA continue to make progress in their CBA negotiations. ESPN’s Dan Graziano reports that the Players Association will be conducting a number of “membership-wide conference calls” between Thursday and Friday. The calls are intended to inform players about the status of the collective bargaining agreement. There will be a call for each of the eight divisions, and every player was invited to participate (as opposed to the 32 individual team representatives). The union will provide updates about the current CBA offer, and it will likely inform the players about the voting procedures. As Graziano writes, the NFLPA requires a two-thirds vote by player representatives to proceed to the next step, when the entire league will vote. At that point, only majority is needed to pass the proposal on to the owners, and that final step requires a three-fourths vote. The main component of the proposed 10-year CBA is the possibility of a 17-game regular season, which the NFL would want to impl

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