Texans owner: Business as usual since salary cap expired 15/04/2010 |
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Houston Texans owner Robert McNair has claimed his team has not changed the way it writes players’ contracts since the National Football League’s salary cap expired last month.
“It’s been business as usual,” he said. “Everyone thought the sky would fall with an uncapped year and actually it’s been a very normal year.”
Owners voted in May 2008 to shorten the collective bargaining agreement by two years through the end of the 2010 season, saying the share of revenue players receive does not account for costs such as those to build stadiums.
Bloomberg reports that the last labour agreement gave players about 60 per cent of the league’s $8bn annual revenue. The Players Association has balked at the NFL’s proposal that players take a cut in their share of revenue.
McNair added that he is optimistic the league and union will reach an agreement in time to avoid a work stoppage in 2011.
“The commissioner has met with them several times and done a good job of explaining what our situation is,” McNair continued. “Hopefully they’re listening.”
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