NEW YORK (AP) — Two former players who now are on the owners' labor committee wrote Monday to NFL retirees to outline elements of the offer the league made to the union during negotiations last month.
Green Bay Packers president Mark Murphy and Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson said in their letter that "the players' union wasn't listening" to the NFL's "significant offers that would have a measurable impact on the people who made football great."
According to the letter, among the elements of the owners' proposal were:
- a new pension supplement for retired players 55 and older;
- improvements to disability plans;
- a new rookie pay system that would shift more than $300 million annually to benefits for current and retired players.
"Even though current players are locked out, the clubs will fully honor their commitments to you. You didn't cause this dispute, and you won't have to pay for it," Murphy and Richardson wrote.
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