The Landry Hat » collective bargaining agreement http://thelandryhat.com A Dallas Cowboys Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and more. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Cowboys Lock-Out Watch: Players, Owners Close To An Agreement http://thelandryhat.com/2011/07/14/cowboys-lock-out-watch-players-owners-on-the-verge-of-an-agreement/ http://thelandryhat.com/2011/07/14/cowboys-lock-out-watch-players-owners-on-the-verge-of-an-agreement/#comments Fri, 15 Jul 2011 03:21:26 +0000 http://thelandryhat.com/?p=6947 Apparently, the threat of losing any portion of the profitable preseason was enough to light a fire under each side's figurative backsides.

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It’s been a quiet couple of days on the NFL labor front, and then just like that, word has come down that we might have an agreement on a new CBA very soon. Perhaps as early as tomorrow. Apparently, the threat of losing any portion of the profitable preseason was enough to light a fire under each side’s figurative backsides. The good news is that we are about to have something material to discuss about the Cowboys. The bad news is that the ‘Boys have a ton of tough decisions to make and they won’t have long to make them. (more…)

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The big lock-out news from yesterday was a decision handed down by the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. In it, the court overturned a U.S. District Court’s ruling to lift the lock-out. It wasn’t exactly a landmark ruling. Basically, it means absolutely nothing. For one, there was already a stay on the lock-out anyway. Secondly, very few thought that this lawsuit would see the light of day in the first place. It’s mostly a formality. Hopefully, the new CBA will be agreed upon at the negotiation table, not in a court room. Of course, if De Smith and Roger Goodell were to start throwing hay-makers at each other today and the negotiations broke down, this court decision might end up actually meaning something. (more…)

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]]> Earlier today, Calvin Watkins wrote that the Cowboys might have a problem getting under the proposed salary cap in the new CBA. Watkins was clear that this is mostly speculation since no one really knows what the new CBA will entail. Also, it should be noted that some of the salary Watkins is accounting for belongs to players that are going to be cut regardless of the Cowboys’ cap picture. Marion Barber and Marc Columbo come to mind. So, this isn’t exactly earth shattering news, but it is interesting material nonetheless.

No matter what the NFL salary cap is this year, the Cowboys are going to field a very different team from last season. Unfortunately, because of the lock-out, we have no idea what this team will look like. Also, if Jerry wants to be a player in the free agent market — and he probably does — he’s going to have to cut some overpriced veterans. That much we know for certain.


One of the biggest factors in this is how the new CBA affects Doug Free’s situation. If, under the new agreement, players in Free’s position — four year veterans — remain restricted free agents, the Cowboys will be able to sign Free at an affordable price. However, if he becomes an unrestricted free agent, his price tag is going to be quite a bit higher. Either way, he’ll remain a Cowboy, but it will impact the decisions the team must make when it comes to several veterans. (more…)

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