The main dispute over the newly proposed bargaining agreement centers around the amount of money that the owners want to take as “credit” from the revenue pool. In the previous agreement, the owners took $1 billion from the pool of approximately $9 billion, but now they are trying to increase that number to $2.4 billion, citing “the economic realities of the era” as reasoning.
This would effectively cut the players' share of the revenue by 18 percent, and thus is causing extreme discontent among the players. A second topic of major concern has been the split of the overall revenue. The players have been fighting for a 50-50 split with the owners, who have steadfastly refused this offer. The offer currently on the table is a 51-49 split for the owners, which has been refused by the NFL Player's Association. If an agreement isn’t signed by the start of the NFL season, we could be looking at the first locked out season in the history of the league. I can see both side's I really hope they can come together and make it work so the season can start. free agents cannot sign with teams until the new agreement is reached
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