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"Our members have spoken and the CBA has been ratified," new NFLPA president and Browns center J.C. Tretter tweeted. "We pick up a greater share of the revenues, make significant gains on minimum salaries and increase our post-career benefits. For players past, this deal reaches back in an unprecedented way to increase pensions, benefits and make resources available to them.
"We understand that not all deals are perfect, and we don't take the gains we wanted, but couldn't get, lightly. We now must unite and move forward as a union. The interest and passion on the issues that our members have voiced in the past several weeks needs to continue. Our job is neve done and we all must work together as one team to build for a better future."
There was still frustration lingering after the vote.
"This CBA was shortsighted and constructed to benefit the players who made the majority of the league," Drake tweeted. "Yes minimum salary was raised but at the cost of the players who paved the way physically/psychologically just to be short changed w/o a voice to defend their benefits. Sad."
Free agency and the new league year begins Wednesday at 1 p.m. Arizona time, with the free-agent negotiating period ("legal tampering") starting Monday at 9 a.m. Arizona time.
Now that the CBA passes, the salary cap was set for 2020. At $198.2 million, it will rise by $10 million from 2019.
"We are pleased that the players have voted to ratify the proposed new CBA, which will provide substantial benefits to all current and retired players, increase jobs, ensure continued progress on player safety, and give our fans more and better football," NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said in a statement. "We appreciate the tireless efforts of the members of the Management Council Executive Committee and the NFLPA leadership, both of whom devoted nearly a year to detailed, good faith negotiations to reach this comprehensive, transformative agreement."
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