Jason Cole of Yahoo Sports, tells that his sources close to the NFL Labor talks tell him that the two sides have reached an agreement on a new rookie wage scale. This new system will replace the old system and likely lower the rookies’ salaries and bonuses.
It’s easy to understand why the owners and players were able to reach an agreement in that area. This rookies aren’t represented in the negotiations because they haven’t become part of the National Football League Players Association yet, because they haven’t been drafted.
All of the guys near the top of the first round of the NFL draft just lost about $20 million dollars on their first contract especially the number one pick in the draft.
Cole made a point to say from the beginning of his article that the owners and players remain far apart in the splitting up of the more
than $9 billion dollars of yearly revenue.
The players association is also having trouble with what the owners have supplied in the way of information about how much the owners are making. The NFL players union is claiming that the owners have shared information with them, but not the information they’re looking for.
Eagles President Joe Banner was reportedly involved in rookie wage scale part of the negotiations today and he may be involved throughout the week.
They’re are only two days remaining before the deadline.
Progress is progress,
Now they need to agree on Expanding Rosters/Practice squads which the Players will add 150-200 more players to their Union and the Owners/NFL can get their 18 game schedule…
A rookie wage scale will make it harder for the Eagles to acquire a top 10 pick for Kolb. It will make it harder for lots of teams to trade up now…….. Teams didn’t mind trading out of the top 10 or so before because of the high salaries. If fact, they wanted to. Now, teams will want more to trade out of the top 10 because they won’t mind the salaries as much. They won’t care to reach for a player that isn’t projected to go top 10.
Does anyone really think Kolb is going to net the Eagles a Top #10 Pick in a trade..If so, I promise to walk fbare-footed from Boone,NC to whatever Teams home city that gives that in return to the Eagles..
BAck on topic though.. Rookie wage scales will actually make it easier for teams to trade up or down as opposed to the current system… Take Carolina Panthers for instance who have a bunch of needs.. I am sure they would love to trade that #1 pick for 2-3 later round choices if they could find a partner to trade with but it won’t happen for what team is going to have pay a guaranteed contract/bonus up #20-$30-$40 to t a top Pick before they ever set foot on a NFL Field.. Now if a team wants to roll the dice and move up from #20 to the #5 Pick when they know it won’t cost them and arm and leg to do so as it does now…
I agree that it will be easier for teams to trade out if they want to because they want to pick up additional picks, but for teams wanted to trade up……. It will be much harder unless they find one of them teams.
I can’t see Kolb landing a top 10 pick, but I didn’t see Minnesota trading away their future for Herschel Walker either.
Can anyone explain to me why ANY paying customer would NOT want to know what the NFL is raking in?
Certainly, there will be no complaints about risking ticket prices, parking, concessions or merchandising from these people.
It’s Entertainment and Descretionary $$$$, Drummer..
Do I care how much a Movie Studio or Author JD Rowlings makes whenever the next Harry Potter movie comes out.. If I like and enjoy it, I as a consumer will decide whether to spend the $$$ for a ticket as I would for an Eagles,Flyers or a Concert or anything else.. If I think a product,movie,team or band is not worth spending XXX on, then I won’t do it.. If I feel the $$$ spent is worth the fun, comradirie, to see history in the making or whatever, than it’s worth it..
Back on top about Kolb/Draft and return.. I can see the 49ers/Cardinals/Titans/Vikings all offering their 2nd Round Picks and maybe a 4th or 5th Rd pick in 2012 for Kolb
I could see a team like Seattle maybe trade their 1st Rd pick (Since it’s the 25th pick) if they don’t come to a deal with Hasselbeck, Kolb would be a good fit for their West Coast Offense and the terminology and formations they will be running under their new Offensive Coordinator (Darrell Bevel) was the OC for the Vikings under Brad Childress who ran a similar system as the Eagles..
Paul
If the actor in the movie you’re paying to see says that your ticket prices are rising because the producers are taking more than their fair share, do you not become interested? Or do you just like spending money?
Paul
I fully understand the laws of supply and demand, but I also work hard for my money, and if I can keep prices down, I’d like to be able to do so. Is that some sort of unique or alien theory? Should it not apply to the NFL for some reason?
It would depend if Charlie Sheen is in the Movie..
Actually I am not a movie goer myself, I buy a lot of DVD’s and watch them in my home. I hate going to the Movie Theatre’s to watch movies, it’s too uncomfortable and too much $$$
I feel like I’m watching a bad movie right now.
I’m reading blogs from paying customers who are presenting arguments against knowing how their money is being spent, despite the fact that more money is being demanded.
Someone please tell me that this is a bad dream.
I’ve been watching football for 35yrs and been a season ticket holder for 5 and never thought about what the owners were making, could care less, just get this CBA settled already.
Paul
Undoubtedly, you have no questions about rising gas prices either.
FYI – You can download any movie you want for free if you use a bittorent. I can’t remember the last time I bought a movie, television program/series (including shows from as far as back as the 50s), computer program, copy of a football game or just about anything that can be put on disc.
Andrew
Brilliant! You are obviously a well-informed consumer.
Paul
Same goes for music. You can download the full discography for just about any artist you can name.
Figures Joe Banner would be involved in how to keep money from players. He is now working on how to keep the revenue saved from the veterans. Is there any truth to the rumor that he charges his Mom rent for the place he helped her get?
Sounds good Drummer,
I don’t like the rising prices of everything any more than the next person.
I handle the monthly bills, weekly grocery shopping,gassing up the Vehicles for the family So I see it first hand, how our utilities, food bill, gas bill and everything else keeps going up up up.. But we watch what we spend ..
Fortunately my Wife and I both have good paying jobs which we work hard at and are grateful to have in such precarious times…
Good for you, Paul.
LOL, drummer is mad about the rising prices of the tickets or anything else for that matter, yet he is on the players side…….
Players make more money, owners raise ticket prices to pay for them players as well as keep their profits from dropping. That is business. It happens everywhere, the cost of production goes up, so the owners raise prices for their goods. You don’t understand simple business. You are mad at the owners for trying to make money because they were smart enough to go through business school and start a business, instead of being mad at the greedy employees who think they deserve more than they do.
That is the way the world works though. I ain’t mad at the players for asking more, nor the owners for asking more, but the owners deserve to make more, because if something were to happen at one of these games, who do you think would get sued? The owners, not the players. Just look at the Jerry Jones Super Bowl debacle. Now of course it was his own fault, but you don’t see the players in any type of trouble from being sued. The owners are liable for everything that goes on in the stadium. The players are only liable for themselves. I understand the players put themselves at risk because they play a rough and dangerous game, but that is what they chose to do to make money, because that is what their talents led them to. If they don’t like the money they are getting, they could have gone to business school themselves and maybe become an eventual owner. No one is forcing them to play the game.