By a razor-thin margin, nearly 2,000 NFL players voted to ratify a new collective bargaining agreement that covers the next 11 seasons of pro football.
The deal means the league and union will avoid a situation like the one they endured in 2011, when a lockout dragged through the spring and into the summer before an agreement was reached just as that season’s training camp was set to begin. The deadline to vote was 11:59 p.m. ET on Saturday night, and the count was finalized by an independent auditor on Sunday morning.
Among the provisions in the new deal.