The Facts:
Despite the fact that Bills safety and NFLPA representative George Wilson called reports that the players will vote Friday on the proposed, pre-approved labor deal untrue, ESPN’s Chris Mortensen reports that the players are indeed expected to vote on the proposal Friday. “All in all, despite the games that were played by the NFL, things look much more optimistic,” a source in player leadership told Mortensen.
Reported by Profootballtalk.com
Fantasy Football Diehards Line:
That meshes with something PFT's Mike Florio was told in the immediate wake of what appeared to be the ultimate switch-and-bait by the NFL, with the owners supposedly changing up some terms and then hoping the players would feel pressured to pounce. Despite the move, optimism remains in place within NFLPA leadership that a deal could be accomplished. Mortensen adds that tension remains not regarding whether the NFLPA will recertify as a union, but how that will happen. Specifically, they want players to sign cards when they show up at team facilities, a fairly simple process that could get the task completed in a day or two after the gates open again. Though the motivation for the players’ insistence to do it this way isn’t clear, the fact remains that the players want to do it this way -- and that the league has no real reason to fight the NFLPA on this point. So the players can approve the settlement on Friday, the players can show up Saturday and sign their union cards, the ratification can be finalized by Tuesday, and free-agency can begin on Wednesday. ... All of which means we'll spend Friday waiting for the results of that vote.
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