The NFL is Back

Bleacher Report’s Matt Miller put together this great rundown of the new NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement.

You know about the highlights of the last CBA? Or any CBA? Probably not.  I haven’t been keeping that stuff in my head recently.

Well, get in the know on the new NFL CBA, and you’ll be good till…well, that’s the answer to the first question…

1. How long is the new CBA good for?

2. How will revenue be split?

3. Is there a rookie wage scale?

4. Will an 18-game season happen?

5. How is revenue sharing changing?

6. Is the salary cap changing?

7. How will offseason workouts change player safety?

8. What is a salary cap floor?

9. What are the new limits on offseason work?

10. What happens next?

And here’s some more stuff I dug up for you:

11. What was Robert Kraft’s role in the negotiatons? (ESPN Boston)

12. What is every team’s current readiness status? (ESPN)

13. What about minimum salaries and franchise tags? (ESPN)

14. What about retired players? (NBC Sports)

15. How does the new CBA handle career-ending injuries? (NBC Sports)

16. Post-lockout timeline (Boston Herald)

17. Full Text of the CBA (NFL)