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Top five most memorable NFL holdouts of the last decade
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Holdouts in the NFL are largely considered a thing of the past.
The Collective Bargaining Agreement inked between the league and the NFL Players Association in 2011 instituted a rookie wage scale that, in part, has helped prevent contractual holdups from incoming rookies. Veterans, meanwhile, have often had their own money concerns handled thanks to the complexly structured long-term deals of today's salary-cap era.
That doesn't mean, however, everyone is always happy.