Owners Ratify Agreement to End Lockout, Before Players See Final Agreement and Settlement Documents

THIS IS BREAKING NEWS....Half the equation may be there, but the players are not quite there yet. The NFL clubs approved today the terms of a comprehensive settlement of litigation and a new 10-year collective bargaining agreement with the NFL Players Association. The vote was 31-0 with the Oakland Raiders abstaining. But, according to an email sent by DeMaurice Smith, the ratification is for the owners proposal, and does not cover everything still on the table, and according to sources close to the negotiations the owners voted before players agreed to a final agreement or seeing final settlement document. “As you know the Owners have ratified their proposal to settle our differences,” said Smith in an email to the player. “It is my understanding that they are forwarding it to us.“As you may have heard, they apparently approved a supplemental revenue sharing proposal. Obviously, we have not been a part of those discussions. “As you know from yesterday, issues that need to be c...