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NFLPA Sends League Management Council Another Memo On Rookie Contracts

The NFLPA recently sent the league’s management council copies of two provisions it believes are "prohibited in rookie contracts -- the latest step in a fight that has slowed negotiations for some teams and could lead to grievances down the road," according to Tom Pelissero of USA TODAY. The NFLPA "sent a memo before last month’s draft, urging agents to reject provisions the union feels are prohibited from rookie contracts" under the CBA. The union's recent actions "took the issue a step further." A source said that the management council "did not engage in substantive discussions with the union, nor did it attempt to intervene in the contract negotiations identified by the union." Some draft picks have already signed contracts "containing what the union deems 'bad language,'" but the NFLPA has "made clear it may try to void them later through the grievance process." The Vikings, who "uncharacteristically hadn’t signed any of their 11 draft picks as of Thursday morning, got two deals done in the afternoon." Sources said that those contracts "included language the NFLPA had been fighting -- the same language the Vikings have used for years, including with the undrafted free agents they signed this month, and virtually identical to language used by other teams on draft pick contracts this year." Each team "uses its own standard contract language." Some have "had no issues," such as the Panthers, who "signed their entire draft class within a week of the draft." But others "have had contracts they thought were done kicked back because of the dispute" (USA TODAY, 5/26).

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