While players and coaches are currently enjoying their vacation time before training camps open across the league later this month, representatives from the NFL and the NFL Players Association are getting ready to work on the next collective bargaining agreement: according to ESPN’s Josina Anderson, the two sides will meet from July 17 to 19 to discuss a new deal with the ambitious goal to finalize it before the start of the 2019 regular season.
The meeting, which is projected to include the most contentious items, will be the biggest one to date in this new negotiation cycle between ownership on the one side and players on the other.