Voices & Choices

  Replace the Current Unfair CBA with an Economically Fair CBA   The Current Deal NFL players are getting a raw deal.  Under the Gene Upshaw 2006 CBA, player revenue significantly outpaced owner revenue, but under the Smith 2011 CBA, owner revenue is significantly outpacing player revenue. (Owner v Player Revenue 2001.2016).  Owners are making hundreds of millions of dollars …

Before NFL players kick off a long-term negotiating attack on the league’s franchise tag, drug policy and discipline process, they’ll first have to decide whether they want to open a democratic challenge for the reins of their union. And part of that answer might begin unfolding this week in Dallas. Those core issues for the NFL Players Association are expected …

By Kevin Sherrington, Staff Columnist @KSherringtonDMN Before a downtown hotel audience of two cameramen and yours truly, Cyrus Mehri kicked off his national campaign Monday for executive director of the NFL Players Association. Frankly, the poker crowd didn’t seem fitting. Even Pat Paulsen announced his ’68 presidential bid on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, and, unlike Richard Nixon, he was only …

“I don’t think De [Smith] should be completely unopposed,” the player said. “I think it’s good to hear other viewpoints, too. . . . I think it’s fair and probably smarter to have a few qualified candidates pitching their own ideas and then comparing them alongside what De is trying to accomplish. … We all know this is about the …