Coronavirus Daze: The New NFL CBA Makes it Harder than Ever to Hold Out
The newly minted CBA includes rules changes designed to prevent holdouts from players under contract, making fines mandatory (previously, they could be waived at teams’ discretion), jacking up the daily cost of a fine up from the old $40,000 per day, and wiping away an accrued season allowing the player to hit free agency on time; in short, delaying the opportunity to hit free agency by a year. … More Coronavirus Daze: The New NFL CBA Makes it Harder than Ever to Hold Out