ESPN, NFL Media Deal raises actual revival questions for NFLPA

A mass contract between NFL and ESPN regarding various NFL media sets a wide range of issues. For NFL players sets one very important.

What is for us?

Allegedly will receive the League in agreement, receiving up to 10 percent ESPN. How will it turn into the payment of players?

A long-term Peter Schaffer agent marked the problem, a Saturday text message on PFT. “Agents and players see the main potential of the ESPN-NFL contract, but there is real concerns structured to hide money from the pool pool”, as an example “game package”.

Among other things, ESPN will receive access to seven regular seasonal games that NFL retained and television via the NFL network. With the league, he allegedly gets the property of ESPN instead of cash, what does that mean to spread the income Split?

Players are currently receiving about half of cash flowing through the entire cashier. In addition to the league, obtaining ownership of paper, not paper money from ESPN, which will the players get through a potential rush on their collective wage?

“This could artificially reduce the wage cover, cut directly to the contracts and the earnings of the player,” Schaffer said. “NFLPA needs to stay at the top of this and seek complete transparency.”

Since the deal is yet to be completed, it is premature for the community to do anything. When the agreement is completed, the Union will have the right to fully explore the details of the arrangement and, if necessary, cause it.

Of course, the first row of business for the NFLPA is appointed a new leader. And the new leader will have a lot of work to do. ESPN-NFL Deal adds another important item in the list: devising that players will receive their real share whatever the fixed benefits of NFL will receive through an unprecedented partnership with the Media Conglomerate.