[skinsguy]

What I get from all this CBA stuff or whatever the abbreviation is - is that the larger market owners want to basically keep ALL of their revenue for their own teams, instead of having to dispurse a certain precentage out to cover what the smaller market teams cannot make. Add into having a salary cap equal for all teams, you have supposedly an equal playing field. If this contract doesn't go through, then our team, along with other teams, will basically be in danger of being "disbanned" so to speak. However, after a crappy '06 season, we'd be able to spend as much as we want to get the players we want.....and would be able to keep them longer, because we could pay them to stay without having to worry with a salary cap. Basically, for the most part, we'd revert back to how it was in the '80's. I kind of have mixed emotions with it: I wouldn't mind things being like they were in the 80's assuming that we could build a team that could be potiential contenders every year (like we did back then.) We would have more assurance that we could keep the same group of players around for most of their careers. I might be completely wrong, but that is what I get out of this whole deal and the big market owners aren't going to sign any contract extension for a salary cap if they feel that eventually they'll be in the driver's sit to spend whatever they want to get whomever they want.