At the time, we didn’t appreciate the significance of three big-money deals being struck within a tight time frame earlier this afternoon.  With a chance to reflect on the situation, the light bulb began to flicker.

And so we ask:  Does the fact that the owners voted unanimously to cancel the Collective Bargaining Agreement two years early mesh with the decision of the Cowboys and Falcons to hand out contracts worth $167 million to three players?

In our view, it doesn’t.  

Looking at the situation more deeply, it’s almost as if Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and Falcons owner Arthur Blank opted to voice subtle dissent to the notion that the system that pays 59-cents-on-the-dollar to players needs to change.

Really, why did the three deals that pay so much money to the players have to be done on the same day that owners pulled the plug on the CBA based on the notion that its paying the players so much money?

Coincidentally (or not), two of the three players involved are represented by CAA, the same firm that represents NFLPA Executive Director Gene Upshaw, who surely will be making hay with the fact that two of the 32 owners who voted to kill the current deal proceeded to shell out more than $167 million between them later that same day.