The complaining and campaigning from certain veterans again bubbled to the surface on Thursday morning, shortly after the NFL Players Association sent a new, controversial collective bargaining agreement to its constituency.
Not that this was a surprise. Ratifying the CBA may bring labor peace (and some other plusses, which we’ll get to), but it also will bring headaches. Headaches that led several influential players (including Maurkice Pouncey, Aaron Rodgers, Richard Sherman, J.J. Watt and Russell Wilson) to speak out before its release.
For starters, the addition of a 17th game to the regular season and playoffs expansion is nothing more than peak NFL greed and hypocrisy.