The players have finally voted for the new collective bargaining agreement, and it was approved on Sunday morning. Soon after the CBA passed, NFLPA President JC Tretter of the Cleveland Browns released a statement discussing the new agreement:
— JC Tretter (@JCTretter) March 15, 2020
Earlier this week, Tretter was elected the new president of the NFLPA. The Browns center's first course of action was to get players united on the vote for the new CBA.
Despite his efforts, it's apparent that he was unable to get a good amount of players on the same page. Also, the 29-year-old Browns veteran speaks about the players wanting, but not getting, certain details included in the new CBA. That excerpt of the statement alone goes to show the underlying divide that remains among the players.
Throughout the whole voting process, there were players that came out against or for the proposed CBA. For the most part, longtime veterans expressed their disdain for the new CBA, including the likes of Aaron Rodgers and Richard Sherman.
Even though their words carry a lot of weight, Rodgers and Sherman were unable to sway enough players to vote no. The final vote count was revealed to show that 1,019 players voted yes while 959 of them voted against it.
Additionally, there were nearly 500 players who didn't send a vote in at all. Regardless of your stance on the new CBA, it's concerning that a large amount of players abstained from voting. With the Browns center in place as the new president of the NFLPA, his next task will be trying to reunite the union in the near future.
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