I'm awful at trying to embed tweets in here, but so far the feeling is the star players are not going to go for it. JJ Watt just tweeted "hard no on that proposed CBA".
Was reading that one sticking point is for that 17th game, players currently under contract would not see a natural extension of their deals to incorporate another regular season game. They simply get issued a game cheque, which cannot exceed $250,000. So while lower contract players would probably like it, the bigger contract players, who are also the ones with the most influence, would be getting quite underpaid compared to their contract to risk their bodies for another game. I don't see how the PA allows it in its current form.
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