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New NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement Formally Ratified

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At long last, the collective bargaining agreement has been ratified. For the next ten years, we should be free of the kind of labor strife that robbed us of precious months of interesting off-season time. Blasted negotiations!

Regardless, the last domino has fallen and we're now officially back in the swing of things. Restricted free agents like Brent Grimes can sign their tenders and get back to practice, free agency is still going and pre-season is just around the corner. It's like emerging from a bunker into heaven.

In addition to being a ten year agreement without an opt-out clause, the new CBA reportedly contains HGH testing. It also keeps Roger Goodell's iron fist squarely around the league's personal conduct policy, which the players must love. Maybe they convinced him to tone it down a little bit.

Oh, and to circle the wagons back, Brent Grimes has signed his tender and is on the field exactly when he was supposed to do. That whole thing was needlessly dramatic, but at least we know he'll be lining up in the secondary in 2011.

Celebrating tonight?

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Glasses up….

by DSGB34 on Aug 4, 2011 9:29 PM EDT via mobile reply actions  

DeMo looks like he

just got caught with his hand in the “cookie” jar. Doesn’t it look like he’s just been photographed coming out of some babe’s building.

A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice.

by FrozenFinger on Aug 5, 2011 1:49 AM EDT reply actions  

Oh forgot, league year begins today

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice.

by FrozenFinger on Aug 5, 2011 1:50 AM EDT reply actions   1 recs

reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee........

eeeeeeeeeeec’d

know what you believe in and why you believe in it

by MentallyMIA on Aug 5, 2011 1:37 PM EDT up reply actions  

Does anyone know

If players can be punished for legal issues during the lockout?

by Mosugo on Aug 5, 2011 7:35 AM EDT reply actions  

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