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Former Lions DT Damon "Snacks" Harrison Does Not Appear to Support New CBA

Damon "Snacks" Harrison appears to be against new CBA, retweets other NFL athletes voting "no"

John Maakaron

Former Lions DT Damon "Snacks" Harrison does not appear to be in favor of the new NFL collective bargaining agreement.

It was pointed out that Harrison's former teammate Devon Kennard, Detroit's NFLPA representative, had voted "yes" in support of the new CBA.

Harrison was emphatic in his reply via Twitter, "I don’t care if your or my momma votes yes..........I said what I said." 

Per reports, the league and the NFL Players Association have completed and finalized a new CBA that has been sent to the players for a vote.

All it would take to ratify the CBA is a majority vote of the nearly 1,900 players that make up the players union. 

Here are some of the key changes that have been discussed as part of the new CBA:

  • The NFL season would increase to 17 games
  • Addition of an extra team to the playoffs in each conference 
  • Seeds No. 2 through No. 7 would play on Wild-Card Weekend
  • The No. 1 seed in each conference would secure a first-round bye
  • The 17-game schedule could start in 2021 
  • Preseason football would be reduced from four weeks to three 
  • The fourth preseason week would become an extra bye week 
  • The active game-day roster will expand from 46 to 48 players
  • Practice squads will expand from 10 to 12 players in 2020. That number would increase to 14 players in 2022 
  • The annual player revenue will increase from 47% to a minimum of 48% and reach as high to 48.8% resulting from new television deals being agreed upon

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