Report: NFL players may take ‘a week or two’ to vote on new CBA

The NFL world eagerly awaits a resolution on a potential new CBA ahead of the 2020 season, but the players may not have a final vote for a couple of weeks.

Mark Maske of The Washington Post reported Wednesday morning that the ratification vote of all the players “could be a week or two off.”

The CBA ratification vote of all players could be a week or two off, source said, while the formal document is drafted first. NFL and NFLPA are meeting today, same source said, to decide operational rules (franchise tags, etc.) in the meantime, pending the players' final vote.

— MarkMaske (@MarkMaske) February 26, 2020

In the meantime, there’s plenty of loose ends to tie up as teams attempt to get on with their offseason plans.

With the ratification vote by all players of the proposed CBA pending, the NFL and NFLPA must work out how teams' offseason business will proceed in the meantime–the rules for franchise and transition tags, for instance.

— MarkMaske (@MarkMaske) February 26, 2020

Late Tuesday night it appeared that a vote may happen sooner than that, and all signs have pointed to the players voting to ratify the proposed collective bargaining agreement.

Among the potential sticking points is the proposed 17-game schedule, along with the pay that comes with that extra game. Some of the NFL’s top veteran voices have made it clear they are against the current proposed CBA, and the NFLPA executive committee voted against the proposed CBA last week.