The NFL is back. Yes, after the 132 day lockout it ended yesterday when the 32 players reps voted 32-0 to accept the new Collective Bargaining Agreement.It started back on March 12th when the owners locked out the players. The owners and players meet through June and July. The owners voted 31-0 on Thursday to accept the CBA the Raiders didn't vote and the Player Reps accepted it yesterday. The only game missed by this is the Hall of Fame Game. The season will start on September 8th like planned. The deal is for the next 10 years and will expire after the 2020 season. The NFL will make between 12 to 16 billion dollars over the next 10 years. The salary cap will be $120,375,000, but the teams must spend at least 99 percent in cash meaning not in deferred payments this season. Also the teams will have to spend 89% of the cap (107.1 million). Teams also will be allowed to go over the cap by about $3.5 million this season, and they can borrow $3 million in cap room from a future year. The are 7 teams over the cap. The Raiders (14.9 million over), Cowboys (13.9 million over), Steelers (10.3 million over), Giants (6.1 million over), Vikings (4.3 million over), Colts (1.8 million over) and Ravens (1.8 million over). Today players can start signing players, Thursday the can start cutting and on Friday free agency will start. With the new CBA Rookies will be payed a lot less. Cam Newton who was the #1 overall pick will get 22.03 million dollar contract, a lot then Sam Bradford who get 50 million last year. Minimum is going up 10-12% based on how long you've been in the League. The Franchise Tag will stay the same, teams will be able to Franchise Tag a players as many times as they wish. Training Camp will open tomorrow with the Ravens, Jaguars, Broncos, Raiders, Chargers, Cowboys, Eagles, Cardinals and Seahwks. Thursday the Dolphins, Patriots, Bengals, Steelers, Chiefs, Redskins, Lions, Falcons, Buccaneers and 49ers. Friday the Bills, Browns, Colts, Titans, Giants, Bears, Packers, Vikings, Panthers and Rams. No one on Saturday and the Jets and Texans on Sunday. The first game are set to play on August 11th. No one will have to worry about a lock-out in the NFL until 2020.
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