This is really interesting, and the NFLPA was probably going crazy, listening to this and watching this whole thing unfold.

And, you know, it's not as sexy as NFL free agency or the NFL draft or some of the things that happens in the offseason.

But it's just as important as any of that as an independent arbiter wrote that there is little question

that the NFL management council with the blessing of Commissioner Roger Goodell encouraged

teams to reduce guarantees in NFL contracts during a 2022 owner's meeting. Now there is not

evidence to verify that the collusion actually occurred after

that, meaning that they actually went ahead and did that. But the encouragement, as he says,

the arbiter, little question that the management council with the blessing of the commissioner,

encouraged teams to reduce guarantees. That is there. And that date in 2022 and what contracts were given out

then is significant and part of this whole story because it was a Deshawn Watson fully

guaranteed contract that we had never seen the likes of before given from the Cleveland

Browns and Deshawn Watson that started this whole domino effect.

And I was telling you back then and I'll'll tell you again, it sent reverberations all throughout the NFL

because it had never been a total guaranteed contract ever given out.

And then there are email exchanges between Michael Bidwell, the owner of the Arizona Cardinals.

And of course, Dean Spanos, the owner of the Arizona Cardinals. And of course, Dean Spanos, the owner of the L.A. Chargers, and they're discussing

Kyler Murray's contract. And Dean Spanos thanked Michael Bidwell for not giving him a totally

guaranteed contract because that would help him with his contract negotiations with

Justin Herbert.

Yeah.

So look, this has been going on for years and years and years and years.

And now we have proof that the NFL offices have basically, you know, told their teams to watch

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