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Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 227

And I think when...

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 227

When you get to the recent CBAs, like in 2020, the COVID year one, that's like Demore Smith and J.C.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 227

Treader, who was playing for the Browns then.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 227

He was the president of the NFLPA as they enter this 2020 CBA at the end, after the end of the 2011 10-year run, where for 10 years, they locked themselves into ownership, being able to extract as much value as possible.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 227

as it seemed like they possibly could at the time.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 227

And then 2020 comes and the owners are basically just like, hey, there's going to be another lockout unless you guys agree to a 17th game, which you should say that, okay, cool.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 227

Because there's no circumstance where you can walk to football and know how horrible this game is for your body and say we are going to play more football without major concessions.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 227

because I remember when that was going on, you know, I was talking to some older guys who weren't in the union anymore, but they were looking at like, man, like if, if they're, if they're going to say 17th game, like we need something massive, like giving back to us on the other hand, because that's just straight up a revenue play to get more games on TV and make these TV contracts a little bit more lucrative.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 227

And that didn't really happen, you know, like, no,

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 227

Like, they just gave up the 17th game.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 227

And they got, I think, 1% more in terms of, like, the rev share.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 227

So it got to, like, 48% or 49%.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 227

It's like, man.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 227

Like, that's it?

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 227

Your 1% rev share for adding, like... What's the percentage of games that added to the season?

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 227

And there were some concessions made to players made at the bottom rung of the ladder.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 227

So the veteran minimum salaries, they got boosted.