Originally Posted by Marcellus:
I just saw a tweet by PFT that says there will no longer be any type of substance abuse positive drug test suspension for any drug.
i heard that was for any drug that has a medical need. like MJ
EDIT: looks like that is for a 1st or 2nd offense.
Originally Posted by Mecca:
That holdouts one is pretty bad, it takes away all leverage from it where players don't have that as a negotiation tool anymore.
doesnt that only apply to players under contract or team control? why should they be able to hold out? [Reply]
Originally Posted by : If at least 50 percent plus one of the dues-paying members of the NFL Players Association vote in favor of the proposed CBA, no player will be suspended during the next decade for testing positive for marijuana or any other substance of abuse.
The 2020 substance-abuse policy, a link to which has been distributed to all players eligible to vote via email from NFLPA general counsel Tom DePaso, removes all suspensions for positive tests. Instead, players will be subject to fines only for a positive drug test.
Players in stage one of the program who test positive face no penalty at all, other than being advanced to stage two. In stage two, positive tests result only in fines.
For the first violation, the player loses one half of a game check. For the second violation, he loses a week’s pay. For the third violation, it’s two weeks’ salary. For the fourth and all subsequent violations, it’s a three-game fine. While that can get expensive, the player will still be allowed to play.
Suspensions under the new CBA arise only from a failure to cooperate with testing or clinical care while in stage two, and a suspension happens only at the fourth violation (three games). The fifth violation results in a four-game suspension, the sixth violation triggers an eight-game suspension, and the seventh violation leads to banishment for at least a year.
Stage three of the substance-abuse program has been removed from the new CBA.
While the harshest penalty of a minimum banishment of at least one year still exists under the new CBA, a player who fails to cooperate with testing or clinical care seven different times arguably doesn’t want to remain in the league. Players who cooperate with testing and their clinical programs will never be banished. Indeed, they’ll never even be suspended, no matter how many times they test positive.
Sounds like if you are willing to continue being tested and pay fines you can keep playing though you may be playing for free at some point. [Reply]
It’s going to pass and most teams won’t get any cap relief this upcoming season, even though there will be a 4m bump in the cap. That 100k rule will eat that bump up completely. Or at least within a million.
Deals will need to be structured with low year 1 cap hits and larger as the contract matures. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BossChief:
It’s going to pass and most teams won’t get any cap relief this upcoming season, even though there will be a 4m bump in the cap. That 100k rule will eat that bump up completely. Or at least within a million.
Deals will need to be structured with low year 1 cap hits and larger as the contract matures.
the cap is going up at least 16 million from the 19-20 season...188 to 204(projected) [Reply]
Originally Posted by Marcellus:
Ah nope it depends on the number of votes, and suspension only occurs if players fail to cooperate with testing etc...multiple times.
Also just heard that there are actually close to 2,500 NFLPA members that can vote.
Originally they said there was between 1,900 to 2,000 members. Because there are players that pay dues, but not on NFL rosters, that can vote, it bumps number up to roughly 2,500.
With the new NFL CBA expansion of rosters, it brings an opportunity for the free agent player to possibly be on a team. Those players are going to be voting yes.
I know there are veterans that will vote no, but the CBA only requires a simple majority to pass.
I would be greatly shocked if the NFL CBA does not pass. [Reply]
