The Facts:
Following up on the ongoing labor story. ... NFL team facilities aren’t going to swing their doors open for players on Saturday, and there are not going to be any contract negotiations of any type.
Reported by The National Football Post
Fantasy Football Diehards Line:
While the owners voted to ratify a new labor agreement on Thursday in Atlanta, the players have yet to take a vote and now word comes out that the players will take the weekend to consider the deal and their options. According to an email that ESPN’s Adam Schefter has a copy of, the 32 team player representatives will meet again Monday to consider their next course of action. Whether that includes a possible vote on Monday is unclear. As NFP staffer x suggests, it doesn’t sound like hope is lost. It sounds like the players are going to carefully weigh their options knowing this is it. Once they sign off on a deal, it is expected to be a 10-year agreement -- although the players reportedly would like an out from the deal after seven years, and there remains the unresolved legal situation involving the plaintiffs in the Tom Brady lawsuit. But these don’t seem like obstacles that will prevent a deal from happening. This does delay the timeline for the start of the league year. It is important for teams to be at training camp probably by next weekend in order to ensure all of the games in the first week of preseason are played. ... Stay tuned. More as developments warrant.
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