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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 ...

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...

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 ...

Player signing bonuses are one of the aspects that we take note of when the contract is agreed upon. Given the NFL's collective bargaining agreement, guaranteed money is the figure of note when a player agrees to a deal with a team, and the signing b...

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- The Boston Red Sox on Tuesday released first baseman Lyle Overbay, adding further clarity to the final bench spots on the Opening Day roster. The Red Sox had a deadline of noon Tuesday under the collective bargaining agreement...

Los Angeles Kings forward Jordan Nolan was fined $1,436.94 by the NHL on Sunday for

U.S. Soccer and the U.S. women's team player's association on Wednesday agreed to terms of a new collective bargaining agreement through 2016.

The Chicago Bears are taking full advantage of the terms of the NFL's collective bargaining agreement which states teams with a new head coach can begin offseason workouts on April 1. The team announced on Friday their offseason program will begi...

With Marc Staal out indefinitely after leaving Tuesday night's game after he was struck in the eye with a puck, the debate over a mandatory visor rule in the NHL rages on.