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So 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 22 owners 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 to Deshawn Watson that started this whole domino effect.

And I was telling you back then, and I'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 LA 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.

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