Dave may be in Florida right now, but he’s not the only one capable of dishing out the conspiracy theories. So I hope you have your tinfoil hat nearby, because I’m about to dish one out for you. It’s something I’ve been thinking about lately in light of the ongoing Collective Bargaining Agreement negotiations, which appear to be taking a turn for the worse as the league takes a hardline stance on their insistence upon expanding the regular season to 17 games.
In order to get the NFLPA and the players to agree to play an extra game, the league is reportedly prepared to make a number of concessions, including slightly raising their percentage of the revenue shares (which was already too low last time), revising the fine system, and essentially doing away with marijuana suspensions altogether.