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NFLPA representatives met for eight hours on Thursday, union president Eric Winston confirmed. But no vote on the owners’ CBA proposal took place, Mike Jones of USA Today tweets. A vote was not planned for Thursday, per Jones, who adds the belief as of now is ownership must further sweeten the pot for the players’ side to consider adding a game to the schedule. More meetings are on tap. The subject of a deadline for the players to accept the offer has surfaced, but the reported “rough” March 18 date previously floated as a junction point in these proceedings may not be entirely accurate. Both NFLPA spokesman George Atallah and Steelers guard Ramon Foster refuted the notion of a March 18 deadline existing, and ESPN adjusted the report. Nevertheless, March 18 is an important date. That’s the start of the 2020 league year. As it stands, final-CBA-year modifications like no post-June 1 cuts and the option of using both the franchise and transition tags among them will go into place if no new agreement is in plac
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