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There are fewer than 50 unsigned draft picks in the NFL and just five in the AFC West. The rookie contract format from the new collective bargaining agreement has taken away one of the silliest summertime NFL traditions: the rookie holdout. There ...

More draft content: Pick-by-pick analysis | Top 100 | AL best second round | NL best of second round It was an interesting day two, one that saw the new collective bargaining agreement draft rules play a key role in how teams went about their resp...

Blog | June 07, 2013

Craig Custance explains how wrinkles in the new CBA could make for an interesting offseason, including the potential buyouts of some high-profile players.

Blog | Conversation | June 04, 2013

Larry Coon identifies ways the Houston Rockets and Dallas Mavericks can land Dwight Howard this offseason. He believes, based on the available cap space and talent currently assembled, that Houston stands the best chance.

Story | Conversation | June 04, 2013

One of the only areas where the players "won" in a new collective bargaining agreement was getting reduced offseason responsibilities. Because teams have just 10 organized team activities sessions and a three-day minicamp, it's become less and les...

Mailbag: New coaches coming from the college ranks could have an edge dealing with the shortened offseason, writes John Clayton.

As we've noted many times over the past two years, signing draft picks isn't the adventure that it used to be. The NFL's collective bargaining agreement, ratified for the 2011 season, created a streamlined negotiating process and provided far less wi...

The collective bargaining agreement dictates that all contracts signed by rookie free-agents are three years in length with a minimum value of $1.44 million over the life of the contract. But not all rookie free agent contracts are exactly the same, ...

The Mavericks will have to overcome a money mountain to convince Chris Paul or Dwight Howard to come to Dallas. The collective bargaining agreement gives their current teams a tremendous financial edge this summer, allowing them to offer five-year...

The latest NFL collective bargaining agreement alleviated many of the headaches involved with signing rookies, particularly first-round draft choices. Holdouts were a regular occurrence prior to the new CBA, but a new rookie wage scale has largely re...

The Arizona Cardinals' plan to require periodic drug tests for 2013 third-round choice Tyrann Mathieu is permissible under the collective bargaining agreement, which allows for "testing by agreement" under certain restrictions. George Atallah, ass...

• NFL commissioner Roger Goodell dishes on how the new CBA has changed the draft, whether players should take stands on social issues, the future of the Rooney Rule and more. Goodell • ESPN football guru Mel Kiper Jr. covers his latest ...

Larry Coon identifies where the Los Angeles Lakers can make the collective bargaining agreement work for them.

Story | Conversation | April 15, 2013

Larry Coon groups the NBA teams according to their salary-cap situation. The Miami Heat and Los Angeles Lakers will likely have to pay quite a luxury tax next season.

Story | Conversation | April 02, 2013

It won't be too long before NFC South players get back to work. Offseason programs don't start as early as they once did, due to changes in the collective bargaining agreement, but they'll be starting this month. The offseason program now is broke...

Work for the 2013 season officially begins for the Cleveland Browns on Monday. Under the collective bargaining agreement, activities are limited to strength and conditioning and physical rehabilitation for the next two weeks. Here are some of the ...