Hehe. . . I love the drama. Hope they extend again and keep this going for a few days. http://www.profootballtalk.com/rumormill.htm TALKS RESUME AT 8:30 EST A league source tells us that talks between the NFL and the NFLPA will resume at 8:30 p.m. EST Sunday. Maybe they were just hungry, or perhaps they're curious to see whether Jake Gyllenhaal wins the Oscar for best support actor in Brokeback. Actually, we're hearing that the owner of one of the high-revenue teams is mucking up the efforts to strike a deal that will work for the union, the league, the low-revenue clubs, and the big-money clubs. We're also hearing that the problem from the union perspective is NFLPA lawyer Jeffrey Kessler. As one league insider told us (echoing sentiments we heard on Saturday), "If they could just get him out of the room the deal would get done." Stay tuned
I think Gene Upshaw is going for frequent Flyer miles. Why did he fly back to Washington last night if he knew he was probably going to have to return again.?
Why not???? If delay leads to a deal, isn't that better for the Jets and the NFL than your inability to deal with delayed gratification. What is your hurry? Are you an agent with some players about the market? Who cares if the year gets delayed? It doesn't matter for the Jets now. Pennington is signed and they are under the cap. Do you want the NFL to be like the NFL and lose a season in 2008? Do you want uncertainty as to the salary cap so that a team like the Jets, that is trying to build for the future, doesn't know whether players will be free agents after 4 or 6 years? Or how long a signing bonus is going to be pro-rated? Or do you want the end of the draft, which is what Upshaw has up his sleeve next after the CBA expires in 2007? A three day wait is worse than all of that? Take a chill pill.
It's 8:36... Mortensen on ESPN saying there are no talks scheduled. Looks like PFT is just pulling things out of its ass.
NFL | Management wanted a three-day delay to salary cap compliance Sun, 5 Mar 2006 15:46:48 -0800 ESPN's Chris Mortensen reports NFL management wanted to extend the deadline to Wednesday, March 8, for team's to be in compliance with the NFL salary cap, but the players' union would only agree to a four-hour delay from the original 6 p.m. ET deadline.
Man, I could make so many choice wiseass remarks right here, but I'll choose to shoot straight with you here and tell you that it probably isn't as simple as you undoubtedly think it is.
