DEAL APPROVED

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WHEW!!

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Hoorah, now what will the new cap figure be??

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GRAPEVINE, Texas - NFL owners approved a six-year extension of the collective bargaining agreement on Wednesday night.
The agreement concludes weeks of contentious negotiations between the league and the players’ association. The new contract was expected to add $10 million to the 2006 salary cap, pushing it over $104 104 million

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hey brainiac you can delete your own threads so why dont you get rid of the four hundred duplicates

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GRAPEVINE, Texas -- Labor peace was restored to the NFL when the owners agreed to the players' union proposal Wednesday, extending the collective bargaining agreement for six years.


There were no further details on the agreement, including whether it includes expanded revenue sharing.


The vote was 30-2, with Buffalo and Cincinnati, two low-revenue teams, voting against it.

"On behalf of the players, the NFLPA staff and the negotiating team, we are pleased that this process has finally concluded with an agreement," Gene Upshaw, executive director of the NFL Players' Association, said in a statement. "This agreement is not about one side winning or losing. Ultimately, it is about what is best for the players, the owners and the fans of the National Football League.
"Moving forward, this new agreement gives us the opportunity to continue our unprecedented success and growth."

Free agency, put off twice by the protracted negotiations between the owners and players, now will start at 12:01 a.m. Friday.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2360258