Richard Sherman: There will be a lockout before the players extend the current CBA | Bleacher's report

San Francisco 49ers cornerback Richard Sherman thinks there will be a lockout after the NFL collective agreement expires after the 2020 season.

John Dickinson of 95.7 The Game in San Francisco shared Sherman's comments. The cornerback – who is the representative of the 49ers' players – said: "It will happen" with a decisive degree of certainty and stressed that the two parties would not negotiate a new collective agreement before it was concluded. 39; out.

Lorenzo Reyes of USA today Stakeholders and agents have identified a number of criticisms of the current ABC, which was put in place in August 2011 after the last lockout. Some player reviews revolve around the power of Commissioner Roger Goodell and the lack of guaranteed contracts.

Sherman is not the only one to think that it is almost inevitable that there is some work stoppage.

Executive Director of the NFL Players Association, DeMaurice Smith, said the same during an interview in August 2017 with MMQB (h / t John Breech from CBS Sports). "I think the probability of a strike or lockout [2021] is almost a virtual certainty, "said Smith.

One of the reasons Sherman was so sure that there will be a lockout is the precedent.

"Because there was a lockout before," Sherman said, via Reyes. "We do not intend to change anything about the agreement we currently have, so I do not think it will be negotiated before the end of the collective agreement. Of the."

Matt Maiocco NBC Sports' noted owners locked out players from March 12, 2011 to July 25, 2011, during the last negotiations.

Although they did not cancel the games, the free agency was delayed until the start of the training camp, and there was no off-season schedule.