Speaking of collusion, this issue of fully guaranteed contracts, the Dishonl Watts

in situation, sparked a week surprisingly hat on the record comments from owners like

Ravens Owners Steve Bischotti who clearly doesn't want to give his quarterback a fully

guaranteed contract.

When you hear that stuff and it confirms your belief that there is some level of collusion

because there's nothing that prevents any team or every team from doing fully guaranteed

contracts, is there something that effectively can be done to push back against this perception

slash reality that they are collusion?

Well, you know, sometimes Mike and again, you know this as a fellow lawyer, sometimes

your best evidence comes from people who make comments that look like they're careless

but actually might be rooted in something factual.

I'm being a little bit cagey, but anytime we see what's been occurring in the market and

we hear comments that validate those concerns.

As you know from the past, we've never shied away from exercising both our legal rights

and our collective bargaining rights to protect our players and people shouldn't be surprised

if something happens in the near future.

That was October 18th and that was largely overlooked for one very important reason.

Later that same day, Jim Urse launched his dance sniper must go crusade.

The timeline is amazing though Chris because that was the 18th on the 20th, Jeff Pasch,

NFL's general counsel sent a memo to all the teams regarding a collusion claim that had

been filed.

And I guess it was filed on the 19th.

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