NFL players got a lot of new rules in the new collective bargaining agreement to swing in their favors. The players managed to get softer offseason practices, eliminate two-a-days and and cutting offseason workouts.
One person who was in Atlanta for labor negotiations said, “The only thing the players didn’t get is someone else to play for them,” according to ProFootballtalk.com.
Some like New York Jets linebacker Bart Scott worry that the new CBA will cause players to become soft.
“Two-a-days, it’s what football is all about,” Scott told the Newark Star-Ledger. “It’s about endurance, pain, putting yourself through something when your body is telling you it doesn’t want to go. Your mind controlling your body. That’s what camp is all about. With one-a-days, guys might not be in as good of shape as they would have been. Camp tears you down, and then a smart coach starts pulling back in enough time that allows players’ bodies to build back up.
“I think it’s wimping out; making football more soft,” said Scott. “No reason to try and make camp easy. I get concerned you’re making football players weaker because you don’t push them past that threshold. I get concerned with the same thing with that quarterback stuff, that they turn it into flag football; they turn into little pansy stuff.’’
The demands made by the players have come across as selfish and too demanding. Now, players are worried about becoming soft. While it is nice to have a new CBA on the horizon, it is worrisome that the game will not be the same.