There will be more than 500 games featuring NFL players over the next two years, as members of the NFL labor force battle each other on the field in weekly competition. Beyond the games, though, will be a larger dispute between the collective group of players and the league about the business of football and the negotiation of the next Collective Bargaining Agreement. It is hard to believe, but the current CBA, negotiated in 2011, is now 80% complete, with eight seasons in the books on what was an extraordinary long 10-year deal, with no opt-outs for either side.
The NFL and NFLPA Are Both Posturing When They Could Just Start Negotiating the CBA
