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- Teams were waiting to
see how his vote would

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go before conducting
some business.

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We know that we're still
waiting to hear, for sure,

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the league has maintained
they will start free agency

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as scheduled on Wednesday.

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Which would mean that legal
tampering negotiating period

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would start tomorrow.

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We're still waiting
to hear exactly

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whether they'll
follow through on that

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or, whether there'll
be some changes.

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But in the meantime, business
that could get done prior

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to the start of the
year, some of that's

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been on hold because
this deal passing

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changes the economic
calculus for some teams.

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If the deal had
failed, there would

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have been stricter
contract structures

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imposed on teams, in terms of
trying to get extensions done.

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You would not have
had an easy time.

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You see teams every year
convert salary to signing

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bonus to get around the cap.

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That would have been
much harder to do.

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So I think knowing that
the deal has passed

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will allow some teams to start
getting some business done,

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make some decisions
about franchise tags.

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Make some decisions
about restructuring,

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and extending contracts.

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And I think you'll see a
little-- even if they postpone

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the start of the
league year, you'll

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see some activity
here in the next 24

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to 48 hours that was on hold.