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Players ratify

This tweet gives the cap spend figures

https://twitter.com/pkedit/status/1358897735580086274

https://twitter.com/samstejskal/status/1358170362039656453

The details in this twitter thread

Interesting free agency move

https://twitter.com/JeffreyCarlisle/status/1357871621067866115

That's a big win for the players - 4 years and 24 years old means a lot of kids out of academies...

And...they're still talking.

Deadline extended 24 hours (again, these deadlines are an owner construct)

There's a flaw there

Free agents can be signed outside of the transfer window. Signings are only blocked by registration deadlines, which are not the same as transfer deadlines. IF there is no...

Yup - strategic thinking by a bunch of guys who want 2026 to be their launching point for new projects.

As some have said, if the CBA is voided through force majeure, these guys can go anywhere.

Looking now like the only sticking point is - negotiate next deal in 2026 or 2027.

Added a year but looking for quicker younger free agency

https://twitter.com/samstejskal/status/1354873859812548611

Not quite - the league wants to enshrine the 5% paycut from last year and then have this new version run until 2026 - i.e. until the World Cup in the US & Canada is over.

The "you should read the room, you players" discussion is going to be hard to avoid, unfortunately.

Just to corral this a bit as I fear this will be the major talking point until late Feb

Here's the ESPN article
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