NFLPA temporarily tables vote on new CBA

By Jesse Reed

·Updated: February 21, 2020

The NFLPA will not vote on the proposed Collective Bargaining Agreement this Friday, setting up what could be a very tense next week.

Tom Pelissero of NFL Network shared Friday that the NFLPA’s board of representatives hopes to meet soon with the NFL Management Council Executive Committee and vote afterward.

The NFLPA's board of representatives is no longer planning to vote today on the proposed CBA, source said. Instead, the board and NFLPA executive committee hope to meet soon with the NFL Management Council Executive Committee and vote thereafter.
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) February 21, 2020

So, it would seem that there is a lot of uncertainty surrounding this proposed deal, which has been strongly opposed by some of the NFL’s most prominent stars.

As @DanGrazianoESPN notes, the players hope to be able to go back to the owners and continue negotiations. But one owner said “they won’t”. https://t.co/0m0x4J9LEP
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) February 21, 2020

Earlier on Friday, the NFLPA’s executive committee voted against the proposed CBA by a 6-5 vote.

The NFL owners, in a statement released after they did approve the proposed CBA, said that the next season will fall under the 2011 CBA, which also holds the unspoken threat of a future lockout, if the NFLPA doesn’t approve in the next week.