Report: NFL owners vote 29-0 in support of cap penalties

NFL.com reporter Albert Breer just tweeted the following:

NFL owners voted 29-0 this AM to move forward with the $36 million penalty against Dallas, and the $10 million penalty against Washington

... Per sources, one club abstained from voting, and Dallas and Washington weren't part of the vote, for obvious reasons.

This is not at all surprising and it is not likely to be very meaningful. The Redskins and Cowboys will go forward with the arbitration and it will not matter in Professor Stephen Burbank’s decision.

The unanimity against Washington and Dallas could come into play if Burbank finds fault with how the penalties were imposed and calls for a full vote of ownership. But we are a long way from that. 

Update: Per the Washington Post, Tampa Bay was the team that abstained. 

Comments

[Chip Free]

@Rich - did anyone figure out why the Saints and Raiders were essentially penalized for some sort of cap transgression during the 2010 uncapped year? After all, they didn't get any cap relief at all, while 28 other teams did. There has to be more to the story that is not being told.

[Rich Tandler]

Chip, no, those transactions to move around money are hard to follow. But the word is that they did basically the same thing the Redskins and Cowboys did but to a lesser degree.

So, they kind of decided not to collude.