"'Part of it is both sides are trying to protect what they bargained for in the new agreement. Part of it is when you have an incredibly complex agreement that was negotiated under a very short and tense time frame, it's not a complete surprise that there will be some disputes of some of the language."
All these confrontations can't bode well for the remainder of the CBA, which expires in 2021. If Jerry Jones still is running the Cowboys then, he expects that he and the league will have been through many more disagreements with the union, both trivial and monumental.
"The leadership that is there now very much will get toe-to-toe with you on any matter," Jones said Tuesday at an owners meeting. "I don't think that anything that materially affects our game is lacking with the players' counsel."
Wonder what he thought the next day?
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