Bleacher Report · Jul 28, 2023
NFL RB Market Is Broken: 3 Hypothetical Solutions a New CBA Could Offer
Ongoing discussions surrounding running back devaluation are misplaced. The same can be said of the recent public comments from Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay. Though the two are indirectly tied together and serve as the crux of the problem.
Everything stems from the current collective bargain agreement and how it actively works against the running position, as opposed to other spots.
"We have negotiated a CBA, that took years of effort and hard work and compromise in good faith by both sides," Irsay wrote Wednesday on Twitter. "To say now that a specific player category wants another negotiation after the fact, is inappropriate. Some agents are selling 'bad faith.'"
