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This would be a good place to post CBA progress and terms as things develop. However, I don't think we need another endless debate over the pros and cons of a 17 game season. There's a separate thread for that fait accompli.
The negotiated CBA has been approved by the player reps, albeit by a narrow margin, 17 for, 14 against, 1 abstain, evidently against the 6-5 no vote by the union executive committee. Approval requires only a simple majority of the rank and file.
The package includes a 17 game schedule beginning in 2021, 3 preseason games, and lighter player requirements in OTAs and camp. Additional provisions, including roster expansion, are highlighted in the link below.
Given the player rep recommendation odds are this deal will pass. According to the following article it will take some weeks to finalize the legalese with the player vote butting up against the opening of the free agent negotiating period on March 16.
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id...te-send-proposed-cba-full-membership-approval
Teams have been slow to move on their own free agents, not just the Packers, given the uncertainties of how the final deal will affect the cap beginning in 2021. If the "yes" vote comes through on time, the free agent period (or maybe beginning in the week or days prior) should be faster and more furious than usual.
That article notes that Aaron Rodgers, the Packers player rep, was a "force" in the meetings getting to this point. That would suggest he was on the "yes" side. Ironically, Sherman, who is on the executive committee, had been against the terms in an earlier report and may have been the deciding no vote of the committee.
The negotiated CBA has been approved by the player reps, albeit by a narrow margin, 17 for, 14 against, 1 abstain, evidently against the 6-5 no vote by the union executive committee. Approval requires only a simple majority of the rank and file.
The package includes a 17 game schedule beginning in 2021, 3 preseason games, and lighter player requirements in OTAs and camp. Additional provisions, including roster expansion, are highlighted in the link below.
Given the player rep recommendation odds are this deal will pass. According to the following article it will take some weeks to finalize the legalese with the player vote butting up against the opening of the free agent negotiating period on March 16.
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id...te-send-proposed-cba-full-membership-approval
Teams have been slow to move on their own free agents, not just the Packers, given the uncertainties of how the final deal will affect the cap beginning in 2021. If the "yes" vote comes through on time, the free agent period (or maybe beginning in the week or days prior) should be faster and more furious than usual.
That article notes that Aaron Rodgers, the Packers player rep, was a "force" in the meetings getting to this point. That would suggest he was on the "yes" side. Ironically, Sherman, who is on the executive committee, had been against the terms in an earlier report and may have been the deciding no vote of the committee.
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