Murphy Sees Packers Playing Role In CBA Negotiations

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Packers President and CEO Mark Murphy told the team's annual gathering of shareholders on Thursday at Lambeau Field that the Packers could play a key role in the ongoing negotiations with the players' union on a new collective bargaining agreement.

In his President's Report to a rain-depleted gathering of roughly 7,500 shareholders, Murphy included a brief history of the NFL Players Association and the past negotiations and agreements with the league owners, some of which Murphy lived through as a player, player representative, and executive with the NFLPA.

While acknowledging that the negotiations on a new CBA will be difficult - the owners opted out of the current CBA last year, setting the stage for an uncapped final year in 2010 if a new agreement isn't reached before March of next year - Murphy believes the Packers could be a key voice at the bargaining table for multiple reasons.

First is the team's one-of-a-kind structure and status within the league..

Source: Packers.com
 

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