gr8slayer
03-23-2007, 09:18 AM
http://www.realfootball365.com/nfl/articles/2007/03/bills-wilsoncba-smallmarket220307.html
Almost a year to the day before the feeding frenzy known as the 2007 NFL free agency period began, a much-ballyhooed, infinitely negotiated collective bargaining agreement was signed. A low-probability players' strike was averted, and there was much rejoicing.
The CBA of 2006 continues to make headlines, affecting the NFL landscape with its generous provision of a $109 million team salary cap (up from $85.5 million in 2005), but far more important to the long-term health of the league was the new revenue-sharing model.
This part of the plan, dubbed a "mean mother" by Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, involves the NFL's top 15 revenue-producing teams levying up part of profits to be distributed among the bottom 17. Also going in favor of small-market, low-revenue teams in the 2006 CBA was avoidance of playing the 2007 season without a salary
Right now, the Bills remain among the league leaders in cap room, with just under $20 million still to spend even after signing the backbone of a new offensive line -- Derrick Dockery, Langston Walker and Jason Whittle. Further moves don't seem to be immediately forthcoming, however, and the Bills have made what the team brain trust surely considers to be a most valuable acquisition: more draft picks!
In the wake of the Willis McGahee trade, Buffalo loaded up with three more draft picks, including two in 2007. After last year's respectable job by the Bills on draft weekend, clearly management is hoping to duplicate the low-budget, low-maintenance magic of finding diamonds in the rough yet again.
Almost a year to the day before the feeding frenzy known as the 2007 NFL free agency period began, a much-ballyhooed, infinitely negotiated collective bargaining agreement was signed. A low-probability players' strike was averted, and there was much rejoicing.
The CBA of 2006 continues to make headlines, affecting the NFL landscape with its generous provision of a $109 million team salary cap (up from $85.5 million in 2005), but far more important to the long-term health of the league was the new revenue-sharing model.
This part of the plan, dubbed a "mean mother" by Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, involves the NFL's top 15 revenue-producing teams levying up part of profits to be distributed among the bottom 17. Also going in favor of small-market, low-revenue teams in the 2006 CBA was avoidance of playing the 2007 season without a salary
Right now, the Bills remain among the league leaders in cap room, with just under $20 million still to spend even after signing the backbone of a new offensive line -- Derrick Dockery, Langston Walker and Jason Whittle. Further moves don't seem to be immediately forthcoming, however, and the Bills have made what the team brain trust surely considers to be a most valuable acquisition: more draft picks!
In the wake of the Willis McGahee trade, Buffalo loaded up with three more draft picks, including two in 2007. After last year's respectable job by the Bills on draft weekend, clearly management is hoping to duplicate the low-budget, low-maintenance magic of finding diamonds in the rough yet again.