Uncapped Quotes

We've selected eight players who are uncapped at Test level and a further eight with less than 10 caps to their name. It certainly makes for an exciting mix. - Eddie Jones

We're taking the position it will not get resolved. We're just not there yet. Today, we might as well head to an uncapped year. - Gene Upshaw

We're farther apart now than we were when we got started. If we get to the uncapped year, we won't come back, or else we'll do what we have to do. - Gene Upshaw

We're deadlocked. There's nowhere to go. There's no reason to continue meeting. We're too far apart on our economics, and too far apart on revenue sharing, and we'll go to the uncapped year. There won't be an extension. - Gene Upshaw

We are ready to go into the uncapped year. - Troy Vincent

They are girding for the uncapped year... They're planning for it. It's getting to the point where the two sides are so entrenched that getting a deal will be very difficult. - Marc Ganis

The clock is ticking until we get to the point of no return... Every time we meet and they stay where they are, we get closer to that point. You never know when you might have progress [but] they don't feel the urgency at this point. If you count up the months before you get to an uncapped year, it's scary. - Gene Upshaw

I've been to 32 teams, and all the players understand where we are. They're saying, 'Bring on the uncapped year. - Gene Upshaw

I'm not sure how much of an advantage. We are still trying to put our arms around that. There are so many rules and implications on uncapped years, so we have to be guarded in what we do. - Rod Graves

If we pull the genie out of that bottle, I don't know that it ever comes back. If we get to that uncapped year, and we get all sorts of proud men with their backs against the wall, I don't think we ever get back to where we are now. So I hope that doesn't happen. - Leigh Steinberg