richard saunders Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2355190 NEW YORK -- The NFL and its players union broke off talks again Sunday, leaving dozens of veterans in danger of becoming salary cap casualties before free agency begins a minute after midnight Monday. The breakdown was typical of the topsy-turvy negotiations -- just when things seemed darkest, they got brighter. And when it looked optimistic a deal could be struck, as it seemed early Sunday, talks broke down. NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said the union broke off the talks and had no further explanation. "The talks ended today after the NFL gave us a proposal which provided a percentage of revenues for the players which would be less than they received over the last 12 years," Gene Upshaw, the executive director of the NFL Players' Association, said in a statement Sunday evening. "After suggesting we extend the waiver deadline from six o'clock to ten this evening, they gave us a new proposal which was worse than their prior offer. Quite naturally, we rejected that proposal and saw no need to continue meeting. Click On Link For Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDSKINSQ Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 well let the cuts begin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skins84 Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 Then there should be alot of action between now and 10:00pm right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsHokieFan Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 well let the cuts begin. Your sig is FAR too big, please change it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinfan2k Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2355190NEW YORK -- The NFL and its players union broke off talks again Sunday, leaving dozens of veterans in danger of becoming salary cap casualties before free agency begins a minute after midnight Monday. The breakdown was typical of the topsy-turvy negotiations -- just when things seemed darkest, they got brighter. And when it looked optimistic a deal could be struck, as it seemed early Sunday, talks broke down. NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said the union broke off the talks and had no further explanation. "The talks ended today after the NFL gave us a proposal which provided a percentage of revenues for the players which would be less than they received over the last 12 years," Gene Upshaw, the executive director of the NFL Players' Association, said in a statement Sunday evening. "After suggesting we extend the waiver deadline from six o'clock to ten this evening, they gave us a new proposal which was worse than their prior offer. Quite naturally, we rejected that proposal and saw no need to continue meeting. Click On Link For Article watch for an agreement in around 2 hrs, i guarntee that there will be a settlement before ESPN "SportSCenter" at 11pm. espn is bs us with these stories, trying to get high ratings for their show. have we seen direct interviews, everything has been thru espn and their ****. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOSKINS_08 Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 Your sig is FAR too big, please change it LOL...Yes it is.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cmurdock Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 whos gonna go ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monte51Coleman Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 15. Please maintain respectable size signatures within the limitations set herein. Maintaining reasonable size signatures minimizes the amount of load time needed to access a given page. Furthermore, it reduces the amount of excessive scrolling required of users perusing threads. Signatures should not exceed 550 pixels in width and 200 pixels in height. These dimensions are not a guideline, they are a rule. It is the standard dimension for the entire signature size a member can use. Regardless of the quantity of photos posted, the sum area of all the photos must not exceed the stated size limitations. In addition, signatures should not contain any more than 10 lines of text. The sum total of the height (ie. 200 pixels) INCLUDES text or any combination of images and text. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panel Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 watch for an agreement in around 2 hrs, i guarntee that there will be a settlement before ESPN "SportSCenter" at 11pm. espn is bs us with these stories, trying to get high ratings for their show. have we seen direct interviews, everything has been thru espn and their ****. Nope, I think it is done, no cap the next year, and the sky won't all because of it either, hopfully that can be a permant arangment after a trial without a cap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard saunders Posted March 6, 2006 Author Share Posted March 6, 2006 watch for an agreement in around 2 hrs, i guarntee that there will be a settlement before ESPN "SportSCenter" at 11pm. espn is bs us with these stories, trying to get high ratings for their show. have we seen direct interviews, everything has been thru espn and their ****. Let me re-state a little...Because it could happen I guess. Didn't mean to sensationalize the story. The front picture on www.espn.com said that. Mortenson on now! Mort said to blame both sides... WB, Pocono.... Judgement time! I'm focused man:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard saunders Posted March 6, 2006 Author Share Posted March 6, 2006 http://www.redskins.com/news/newsDetail.jsp?id=1047 The NFL and the players union are once again at a standstill in negotiations for a Collective Bargaining Agreement extension. Talks broke off early Sunday evening, according to NFL.com. Barring a resumption of negotiations over the next few hours, the deadline to start reducing the roster to get under the salary cap is now 10 p.m. ET on Sunday. Free agency is slated to start at 12:01 a.m. ET on Monday morning. The salary cap for the 2006 season will be $94.5 million. That figure could force many teams, including the Redskins, to release veterans to get under the salary cap, before the start of free agency. Also, with no extension, 2007 would become an uncapped year. The Redskins have been prepared for a number of free agent scenarios for weeks, depending on the outcome of the negotiations. Vice president of football operations Vinny Cerrato said on Feb. 23 that, with no CBA extension in place, the Redskins would likely put more focus on acquiring players in the draft than in free agency. "If there is a Collective Bargaining Agreement, we can answer a lot of our questions in free agency," Cerrato said. "If there's not a Collective Bargaining Agreement, which we should know hopefully in the next few days, then we'll be doing most of our [player acquisitions] in the draft." The Redskins have been working diligently over the last week to renegotiate contracts with several veteran players. That would help the team get under the $94.5 million salary cap. Quarterback Mark Brunell agreed to terms of a restructured contract earlier this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinfan2k Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 http://www.redskins.com/news/newsDetail.jsp?id=1047The NFL and the players union are once again at a standstill in negotiations for a Collective Bargaining Agreement extension. Talks broke off early Sunday evening, according to NFL.com. Barring a resumption of negotiations over the next few hours, the deadline to start reducing the roster to get under the salary cap is now 10 p.m. ET on Sunday. Free agency is slated to start at 12:01 a.m. ET on Monday morning. The salary cap for the 2006 season will be $94.5 million. That figure could force many teams, including the Redskins, to release veterans to get under the salary cap, before the start of free agency. Also, with no extension, 2007 would become an uncapped year. The Redskins have been prepared for a number of free agent scenarios for weeks, depending on the outcome of the negotiations. Vice president of football operations Vinny Cerrato said on Feb. 23 that, with no CBA extension in place, the Redskins would likely put more focus on acquiring players in the draft than in free agency. "If there is a Collective Bargaining Agreement, we can answer a lot of our questions in free agency," Cerrato said. "If there's not a Collective Bargaining Agreement, which we should know hopefully in the next few days, then we'll be doing most of our [player acquisitions] in the draft." The Redskins have been working diligently over the last week to renegotiate contracts with several veteran players. That would help the team get under the $94.5 million salary cap. Quarterback Mark Brunell agreed to terms of a restructured contract earlier this week. this is well-known information and the words of gene upshaw have yet to change since last week, im telling something's gotta give. no guys have been. 9:45, we better see a list of 100s of guys who are cut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peregrine Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 OK I seriously dont understand Upshaw. He says the deal was less. He said previously the players got a deal that was just less than 60%. Reportedly the minimum cap previously was not very far off the max cap, and I believe reported to be 50% of DGR. Now considering all these supposed facts... This means that TGR has a less than 10% difference from DGR. More like 8-7%. This makes it not nearly as important as an issue as people have made out. This means that all the reports about the minimum salary cap, is pretty much false. It also means that the local revenue wasnt nearly as much as ive heard, and that the reports of it translating to 47-49% of TGR were completely false. Or it means Upshaw is either lying, or confused himself. Basicaly there is a TON of misinformation going around, and would be nice for someone to get it right, because at least half of everyone must be wrong so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinfan2k Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 new information that teams have to be under the cap at 11:30, how great is that. thats during sportscenter, right in the middle. that will keep fans of those teams watching until that period Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cskin Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 As of right now...at 9:15pm Sunday night.... there is still 45 mintues before the deadline. Like one of the negotiation players mentioned earlier this week.... a deal can be done with a phone call... or blackberry e-mail. Let's wait for the results before we start crying about them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDSKNfaithfull Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 watch for an agreement in around 2 hrs, i guarntee that there will be a settlement before ESPN "SportSCenter" at 11pm. espn is bs us with these stories, trying to get high ratings for their show. have we seen direct interviews, everything has been thru espn and their ****. ESPN just had Upshaw and his little side kick on. The Deal is not going to happen. I think it will get done next offseason and we will have been screwed for nothing :doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDSKINSQ Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 yeah i can see this deal getting deal while the season is just ready to start. :yikes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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