The owners were pretty slick. They had their sleepover Monday night. Fooled us all. They just wanted to get all the good stuff started bright and early Tuesday morning. Sounds like it went very well. There were apparently no significant dissenters. I can't imagine clowns like Jerry Jones and Jerry Richardson not throwing tantrums, but it sounded peaceful.
A couple things that bounced out of the room included unrestricted free agency starting after four years. That was no surprise. The franchise tag will probably still be in use. The item that surprised me a bit was 16 weeks of Thursday night football games starting in 2012. Personally, I have never much cared for the Thursday games except for Thanksgiving. I don't like the short weeks that are forced on two teams. Throwing Thursday games out there shouldn't be a surprise as it creates a new revenue stream. It's all about the money. I'd gladly take the Thursday games over an 18 game schedule. There is speculation that a full season of Thursday games could bring an additional billion. That could get the owners to mellow on the 18 games.
The most significant result of the meetings was the good feeling amongst the owners. Perhaps they have an agreed upon proposal to present to the players. Perhaps they started Monday night in order to meet up with the players sooner. Perhaps this is all coming to an end. I still think that it ends before July.
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