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Report That Final-Year CBA Status Could Stifle Up To $700M In 2020 Spending Requires Some Context

It has been quite obvious to tell who believes the NFLPA should approve the new Collective Bargaining Agreement and who believes they should not. At least for those who don’t actually have ulterior motives, the primary motivation for supporting the CBA—other than the believe that there won’t be a better deal—is the fact that there are moderate improvements for marginal players, though those improvements are not at the level that the union was actually shooting for.

Because we are currently entering the final year of the active CBA—remember, there were reports that the NFL was actually having to have a new deal done before the 2019 regular season even started, and then hoped to have it done before the Super Bowl—there is an added wrinkle to the discussion as well.