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There will be continued labor peace in the NFL for the next decade. By a 1,019–959 vote, players approved the new collective bargaining agreement. It isn’t a perfect deal for the players; no deal ever could be. Some of the league’s biggest stars spoke loudly against the proposed deal, but despite that, this looks to me like a win for the players. Here’s why: This deal might not have come around again Owners put this offer on the table before the COVID-19 pandemic hit the United States and brought the sports world to a screeching halt. There is every reason to believe that, given the uncertainty of the next few months, and the economic hit that other sports leagues will take, owners would have come up with a much less player-friendly proposal had this one been rejected. Normally, the first deal to come across the bargaining table isn’t one that should be signed, but this is a rare exception to that rule. The rank-and-file got a raise Approximately 60 percent of NFL players have minimum-salary deals, and minim
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