A quick read through some articles at ProFootballTalk and ESPN indicate that, while the owners have approved the deal, there’s a lot of confusion on the player’s part. They claim the owners slipped things in at the last minute and, generally, they seem to be distrustful of the new CBA. Also, I get the sense that the owners are trying to rush thing along.
Given some of the assertions and claims, for example: the owners are demanding the players recertify as a union, the owners added revenue sharing rules that hadn’t been discussed before, claims the players haven’t even seen the owner’s proposal; I think the players would be best served to take a deep breath and resist the temptation to rush to vote.
This tactic in negotiations seems to be the latest fad: push the talks to the brink of a deadline, create the appearance of majority agreement in the eleventh hour, and then rush to get everything signed. Think back to the end of year tax deal signed by the government, the current debt talks, even the ACA and they all have that general pattern. Personally, I don’t think any of them have ended well, and I’m thinking that the same may likely be true for the players.
That’s just my two cents; the players and owners have a lot more than that riding on this stuff.