Even though all of the negotiating is already done, we have still seen plenty of covert back and forth between the NFL narrative and the NFLPA narrative over the Collective Bargaining Agreement proposal that is currently being voted on by the union as we speak, with voting running through the end of Thursday night.
While the owners were quick to approve it on their end, hoping to lock in labor peace for the next 11 years as they embark on a new set of television deals that would flood billions more dollars into the league pool annually, this was done so more out of prudence than of a great fondness for the deal.