Goodell says uncapped year is “virtually certain”
With a March 5 deadline for getting a new labor agreement negotiated in order to avoid a season without a salary cap, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell acknowledged on Sunday night the reality that the 17-year-old device for preventing the big market/small market disparity that has ruined baseball will be going away, at least for a year.
Goodell told NFL Network’s Rich Eisen that a year without a salary cap is “virtually certain.”
“The real core message here is that we all want to get a fair agreement, for the players, for the owners, to allow the game to continue to grow,” Goodell said. “There are conversations going on, that’s a positive step. But we’re all frustrated there’s not more progress.
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