CBA Vote

I don't think that anything can be done with Tom Brady's contract until the league knows the status of the proposed CBA. It will have a huge impact on every team if they go forward with it.

Nobody really knows what might happen when the players vote on it.

Get Paid In This Era

As long as I'm a fan of the NFL, I will always say that players don't get paid enough to play such a violent game and have a short career. A small amount of players make a big portion of the money. They bring the glory to the game and the viewers.

How do you really divide up the revenue?

Scouting Combine 2020

The 2020 NFL Scouting Combine began today. The same thing happens every year where invited players don't get drafted and ones who stay at home end up hearing their name called.

Some teams will place a great emphasis on the results of the various tests and measurements. It can often impact on when a player gets drafted. Many dollars are at stake for each player. A bad day can be very costly.

Ten Years Too Long

It's hard to get a good pulse on the status of the NFL new CBA to cover the next ten years. There are so many issues which could sink this. The duration seems too long in this day and age.

The average career is less than three years. Player compensation and post-career benefits are huge factor.

Are players making a big deal over the maximum paycheck for Game 17 is limited to $250,000? It seems like that could have been negotiated better.

I would understand if the players reject this proposal, but what is the alternative? It took all this time to get to this point.

Time To Resolve

You wonder how much of a chance there is to make a deal between the players and owners before the end of the league year.

The NFL needs to resolve this. Fans would like to see a new CBA in place for the sake of the game.

Will that happen?

Media 2020

There does not seem to be a guarantee of a successful NFL agreement with the NFLPA and the future revenue of the league.

It must be so difficult to negotiate a long term contract with all the money involved.

That CBA

NFL owners had a great offer to the players in terms of a new CBA.

There is so much money to split up.

Players should get more.

Tom Will Hold Court

Fans are grasping for every nugget about Tom Brady and his upcoming free agency. The latest news is that he will have teams come to him, instead of going on a road trip.

Everyone needs to realize the Pats have a bottom line with every player. I don't know how they can dedicate that much salary cap to him. It doesn't make any sense.

This whole process has been one big hype by the media to create a story during a slow time of the year.

To Approve or Not

NFL owners have voted to approve the new CBA proposal. It will now be up to the player representatives to vote whether to send it to all the players for their approval.

The biggest points will be another playoff team and only one bye in each conference and a 17 game regular season.

Owners would love to have this in place when free agency starts on March 18th. There are numerous salary cap implications which will effect players and teams.

Annual House Cleaning

The Pats will be like most teams when free agency begins on March 18th. Players with big salary cap hits will have their deals renegotiated or get released.

Fans will be shocked over some of the names, but it happens every year. Some players find another team while others are suddenly on the outside with no way to get back in.

Many careers end because of economic reasons. It's always cheaper to draft and develop players, especially from the middle rounds.

Brees In

It was good to hear from Drew Brees concerning his plans to play for a 20th season. The team can now move forward with other personnel decisions.

Brees and Tom Brady go back and forth on several career passing records. They will add more to their totals this year.

Future of Rivers

Fans of the San Diego Chargers deserved more than their team ending up with a crazy stadium agreement in Los Angeles with the Rams.

The Chargers have been irrelevant the last few years. They parted ways with their great QB Phillip Rivers after being together since 2004.

Rivers deserved a better ending to his career with the Chargers. We won't know what happened as he was no longer under contract.

He will always be one of those players with questionable Hall of Fame numbers. He finished 6th in career TD's and total yards, 9th best completion percentage and the 10th best passer rating. He also had 235 consecutive starts, with eight Pro Bowls. His one AFC Championship game was that epic loss to the Pats in early 2008.

Will he ever play again?