While Martellus Bennett maybe shouldn’t be given a forum to express his latest thoughts & wisdom, another NFL player maybe should be getting the attention of NFL fans, players and owners.  Jaguars TE George Wrighster wrote on his YardBarker blog today about how the collective bargaining agreement needs to be extended, for the good of the game.

If the CBA isn’t figured out soon, the NFL could be looking at a 2010 season with no salary cap–which Wrighster points out will be bad for the owners AND the players, as a whole.

Some players, such as Karlos Dansby, have been spouting off about the money they expect to receive in 2010, thanks to the uncapped year.  And a player like Dansby might actually see some extra cash, if they draw the interest of a team like the Washington Redskins, who will likely (continue) to spend maximum dollars in an effort to finally win something under Dan Snyder.

But many more teams, like Wrighster’s Jaguars, will be much more likely to take advantage of the lack of a salary floor–meaning they will spend much less than the $111 million that they are required to spend on salaries in 2009.  This will lead to a dynamic more like Major League Baseball, where you have big market teams spending anywhere from 2 to 10 times as much as smaller market teams.

And that means that while a few players benefit in the short term, over the long haul, players like Wrighster may actually see less money down the road–both from an annual basis, and from how long their career’s may be, as owners may decide to continue bringing in more and more younger (and cheaper) players year after year.

Despite this, the NFL Players Association has repeatedly said that if the salary cap disappears, it will never be coming back.

Another aspect that hasn’t seemingly been touched on much would be whether or not  owners like Dan Snyder and Jerry Jones, who never met a potential money making idea that they wouldn’t try to exploit to the hilt, might try to take advantage of the lack of a salary cap (and teams spending less) as an excuse to eliminate revenue sharing amongst the teams, and possibly even opt out of national contracts, in favor of local deals they could negotiate to make more for themselves.

In addition, if the CBA isn’t extended in the near term, it could lead to a work stoppage in 2011–which would be bad for everyone, except maybe Major League Baseball, who could maybe take advantage and once again become “America’s Pasttime.”