"Bloody Thursday" -- NFL Cuts...

[jsinger121]

WEEI reports the Patriots have released Willie McGinest.

 

http://www.boston.com/sports/football/patriots/articles/2006/03/09/patriots_cut_ties_with_mcginest/

[MC Hammer]

NFL owners have approved a six-year extension of the collective bargaining agreement by a vote of 30-2 Wednesday night.

 

Buffalo and Cincinnati were the two teams to vote against the proposal, according to ESPN's Chris Mortensen.

 

The agreement concludes weeks of contentious negotiations between the league and the NFL Players' Association. The new extension was expected to add $10 million to the 2006 salary cap, pushing it over $104 million. Without a CBA extension, the 2006 cap would have been $94.5 million.

 

ESPNEWS reports that Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones briefly left the owners' meeting shortly before the 8 p.m. deadline the owners set to decide on the extension and told the waiting throng of reporters that owners were "getting close, getting close," but that it would take about "30 minutes" before anything was known. Jones did not offer any other details.

 

Earlier Wednesday, the NFL moved back the waiver deadline for teams to get below the salary cap from 9 p.m. ET Wednesday to 11 p.m. ET.

I actually heard a correction last night on ESPN News. They said the figure is actually closer to 102 than 104 million.

[Sox Fan on Cape]

I actually heard a correction last night on ESPN News. They said the figure is actually closer to 102 than 104 million.

I heard that too. Also I think free agency got pushed to 12:01 AM Sunday.

 

McGinnis was cut today.

Link : http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-patriots-mcginest&prov=ap&type=lgns