NFLPA reps vote to extend CBA voting deadline

The NFLPA’s board of player representatives has voted to delay the deadline for the vote on the proposed collective bargaining agreement by 48 hours, the NFLPA announced Monday.

The 32 player representatives and the members of the NFLPA’s executive committee held their annual meeting in Miami on Sunday and Monday. While holding in-depth discussions on the proposed CBA, the decision was made to delay the vote that originally carried a deadline of 11:59 p.m. Thursday. Now, all players have until 11:59 p.m. Saturday to submit their electronic ballots.

The goal is to give the player reps more time to relay to their teammates all of the CBA-related information that was discussed in the union meetings. The hope is that delaying the vote will ensure that the entire player body is as informed as possible prior to voting on the labor deal that the NFL would operate under for the next 11 years.

The proposed CBA – namely the expansion of the regular season to 17 games and the revenue split, which would increase from 47% to 48% and eventually 48.5% if the 17th game is instituted – has been the source of contention among players.

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