The Facts:
While the NFL Players Association and owners remain far apart on the most critical issue – how to split approximately $9 billion in revenues – the two sides have reached agreements on a couple of smaller issues. Two sources familiar with the negotiations tell Yahoo's Jason Cole that the league and the union have reached a basic compromise on a rookie wage scale that will replace the current rookie salary cap. In addition, the league agreed that all players drafted after the first round would be limited to three-year deals, but teams would be allowed to put restricted free agent tags after the three years.
Reported by Yahoo! Sports
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Per Cole, the owners backed off the idea of requiring first-round picks to sign five-year deals, instead limiting the contracts to four years before a player could become a free agent. The agreement is also expected to include a stipulation limiting the amount of guaranteed money and signing bonus offered to draft picks. ... Meanwhile, the two sides continue to disagree on the terms of a financial disclosure. According to Profootballtalk.com's Mike Florio, the league and the union have dramatically different views regarding whether the NFL’s offer of data meshes with the NFLPA’s past requests. ... Stay tuned. Some progress is good; but progress on the bigger issues would be better.
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