A key development now shifts the focus to the players’ side. NFL ownership approved a proposal for a new collective bargaining agreement, reports Dan Graziano of ESPN.com (on Twitter).
The NFL Players Association has a conference call scheduled for Friday. While there are player reps who remain committed to voting no on this CBA measure, the owners expect to know one way or the other what set of rules teams will operate under by next week. This pertains to teams’ ability to use franchise and transition tags, which would be permitted if the 2011 CBA remains in effect by March 18.
Should the players not approve this measure by next week, owners voted to keep the 2011 CBA in place for the 2020 league year. Final CBA year rules would allow teams to use their franchise and transition tags, and no post-June 1 cuts are permitted in the last year of a collective bargaining agreement. Teams want to expedite this process to know how they must proceed when the window for applying franchise and transition tags opens Feb. 25.
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Originally posted on Pro Football Rumors By Sam Robinson | Last updated 2/20/20
