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Originally Posted by CRT3
It has not been resolved, and I have claimed all along the Redskins are playing for that one uncapped year in 2007. A deal to avert this will happen if the owners can agree on revenue sharing which will not happen
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Actually, the movement to continue the salary cap system gained serious steam when two of the owners previously taking up positions in support of Snyder and Jerry Jones backed off and acknowledged that the NFL needs the salary cap. Both Bob McNair of Houston and Robert Kraft of New England have taken up positions in favor of reducing the amount of shared revenues; but they acknowledged this week that a salary cap is necessary.
Then you have Jerry Jones saying things like "we'll find a solution, because we have to. It's just nobody knows what it is yet."
I think he's right. The owners are going to realize a strike year is the last thing they can have happen. Also, director of the NFLPA Gene Upshaw has said that he'd be on firm legal ground by invalidating the existing contract of every NFL player if a new CBA is not reached. I'm not sure if he's right in legal terms, who knows, but if he is that would mean EVERY player in the NFL would become a free agent. It would be a free-for-all.
The owners will ultimately realize that when push comes to shove they need to remain open for business or they won't be able to line their pockets with any revenues, shared or not. They don't want a strike year, so if it means Dan Snyder and Jerry Jones end up sharing an extra 5% more of revenues than they wanted to, then they'll make that sacrifice.
These are the kinds of situations where people play waiting games until the eve of current CBA's expiration. Then leverage begins to play a role in negoatiations, bluffs get called, and deals get worked out. I personally can't see the owners failing to agree on a revenue sharing plan, and from the way Upshaw talks, he's not asking for an unreasonable chunk of cash for the players. He pretty much likes the status quo. I don't see an uncapped year happening.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/column...len&id=2069744