With voting finishing at 11:59 PM on Saturday, the NFL Players Association has voted to pass the new collective bargaining agreement that will start for the 2020 season and go through 2030. The vote won by a count of 1,019 voting yes to 959 voting no in a tight race.

This collective bargaining agreement has been a point of contention with star players like J.J. Watt and Aaron Rodgers publicly stating that they will vote no, while other players such as former Bucs quarterback Ryan Ftizpatrick stating that he voted yes.

As for the changes that will come about for the players – player revenue will increase to 47 percent of all league revenue, which will increase to 48 percent in the 2021 season, according to NFL.com. Players that have played for the league minimum will also see an increase in their salary by 20 percent along with an increase in performance based play by as much as 12 percent. This may have tipped the scales in voting yes for the new CBA.

Other new rules that were implemented are less of a penalty for players that test positive for THC, and rosters will expand from 46 to 48 players on game day.

From an owners’ standpoint, the biggest news that will interest the fans is that the owners have the option to add two more teams to the playoffs as early as the 2020 season and can implement a 17 game season at the start of the 2021 season. The players revenue will increase to 48.5 percent if the 17th game does go into effect.

One of the immediate changes once the new collective bargaining agreement is that teams will the choice of using only the franchise tag or transition tag on players, not both.

The NFL Player association gave their official statement on the vote for the collective bargaining agreement below.

You can watch NFLPA executive committee member and Bucs linebacker Sam Acho further explain the new changes of the CBA deal here.