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NFLPA says NO to new NFL CBA

Hold your horses everyone, before you go out and start hunting for tickets to football games this fall, the NFL lockout is still very much in place for the foreseeable future.

The NFL Players Association refuses to vote on the new CBA that was passed by the owners last night, claiming that the owners had changed several things in the proposal without consulting the players first.

The players also claim that the owners are violating federal law by proposing a 10 year agreement to recertification of the union, which would shield the owners from anti-trust litigation for the next decade.

"The owners hoped that call would end in a ratification vote, but it ended instead with the players breathing fire about a perceived last-minute power play designed to rush them into a quick decision or risk the wrath of public opinion.

So much for the owners' hopes of lifting the lockout for player workouts as soon as tomorrow and starting a shortened free-agency period next Wednesday,"(New York Post).

The players are currently looking at the new proposals by the owners, but they are not planning to vote or speak on the documents for a while.

In short it could be a week before the players vote on this new CBA. The players refuse to vote until they feel they get a CBA that they deem fair to their needs. If that's the case we could be looking at the cancellation of the entire preseason.

It took four plus months just to get to this point, and still people are not happy. Right now the players are the one's who look like the bad guys in this deal. They are getting 47 % of all revenue, which is less than the 53 % they got before, but considering this is a $9.3 billion pie, the players make out just fine in the new CBA.

The players are forgetting about the fans, forgetting about their fellow teammates who just want to play football, and the families they need to take care of. Of course any union will want to get the best deal for their employees, but this is getting ridiculous.

It appears that DeMaurice Smith is comfortable with having the season lost, and if it is, the blood will be on his hands.

Already the NFL has canceled the Hall of Fame game between the Bears and Rams -- and more games are to follow if this keeps up.

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