The NFL and NFL Players Association will meet on Tuesday to discuss the collective bargaining agreement, according to Mike Florio of PFT. It’s a promising sign – earlier this summer, the two sides were slated to talk for consecutive days, but pulled the plug before day one was finished.
Of course, this doesn’t necessarily mean that real progress is being made in talks. Eight years ago, the two sides wound up in a lockout, so the possibility of a labor stoppage still looms large. As it stands, the current CBA is set to expire until after next season.
Recently, we heard that the two sides are far apart on a revenue split. In light of that, a new deal is not expected to be in place by the owners’ unofficial pre-Week 1 target date. Meanwhile, the owners have backed off the goal of having the next collective bargaining agreement in place by then.
In other news that tool Florio said the league and the NFLPA may or may not have a new collective bargaining agreement soon. Trying to cover all bases so the moron can try to say he’s right!