Thoughts on New NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement

While much in the sports world and world in general has been put to a halt due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the NFL players were at work, voting to approve a new collective bargaining agreement with the owners. This vote was a narrow 60-vote margin with 1019 voting yes. The league will expand the playoffs to 14 teams starting with the fall of this year with the owners having the opportunity to add an extra regular season game, perhaps as early as 2021.

The deal is technically 11 years since there are changes to certain…