CBA Watch: Sorting through proposals

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Friday, Feb. 11, 2011
11:37 a.m.
By John Mullin
CSNChicago.com
A long-time member of the NFL hierarchy told CSNChicago.comwith no particular agenda, just an observationthat he had never seen ownership as united as a group as they were through this current situation. That did not bode well for the players side finding cracks in the form of individual owners willing to break ranks.

On the other hand, the spitting and belittling that went on around Jay Cutlers knee injury in the NFC Championship game, while not part of any negotiating situation, helped foster the image of players willing to trash each other. Add to that items like the Twitter war between Antonio Cromartie and Matt Hasselbeck and the image being created is of a players bloc somewhat less than always solid.

Colleague Matt Maiocco at Comcast SportsNet Bay Area obtained a copy of an NFLPA internal memo and provides an excellent look at some of the intricate elements of salary proposals being discussed. The salient issue there concerns how players coming into the league are paid and is very much a subject on the table.

And Tom Curran out at Comcast SportsNet New England breaks down some of the math behind the NFLPAs proposal for revenue splits, that its 50-50 offer isnt necessarily all it seems.

A caveat in all of this: Nearly three weeks remain before the Mar. 3 deadline on the agreement, and myriad proposals and meetings will be happening between now and then. Tom notes the way that the proposal confuses the conversation immensely. A lot of that going on these days.

John "Moon" Mullin is CSNChicago.com's Bears Insider, and appears regularly on Bears Postgame Live and Chicago Tribune Live. Follow Moon on Twitter for up-to-the-minute Bears information.

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