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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 879395">I don't know if they'd spread the losses over the entire length of the CBA, but it is certainly the case that the more years involved the more palatable it would be to the current voting members of the NFLPA.It would certainly be in the self intest of current players to have contracts 10 years hence still paying for some the revenue loss as opposed to a bigger bite out of their own next negotiation.Of all the theories floated, yours actually makes the most sense as the eventual conclusion frpm the players perspective.  If $70 mil is the cap number to be made up, spreading that over 10 years would still allow for gradual cap increases every year if the new TV deals are as lucrative as we're led to believe.The negatives of a 10 year spread of the losses falls to the owners.  The opportunity cost of money would be to the owners disadvantage; their recovery from this seasons losses would be slower.It may not be 10 years once the sausage is made, but a protracted period should be expected.As an aside, that owners' option in the CBA to increase the season to 17 games?  If it was not booked already consider it now booked.</blockquote>

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