Drew Brees, who as a member of the NFLPA Executive Committee was part of the 2011 CBA negotiations, of all people should know all about the relationship between the NFL and its players.

The Saints quarterback was candid when speaking about issues facing the league during an interview on the Tiki and Tierney radio show this week, and he isn't pleased with how the relationship has progressed.

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"I certainly don't feel like things should be as contentious as they are," Brees said earlier this week. "I feel like I've got some interesting perspective, and then obviously going through the Bountygate debacle here and then seeing how that carried over to the way things were conducted with Deflategate and then the Ray Rice issue, it's unfortunate because I feel like the league has lost so much trust from players and just the public in the way that they've handled these investigations, the lack of transparency.

"They’re certainly in a position where nobody believes anything that comes out of the league office right now as it pertains to really much of anything. You always feel like there’s an agenda at play and nobody’s ever telling you the truth. So, I think that’s the real issue here, the lack of trust."

The league and its players are likely headed to another lockout in 2021 when the current CBA expires. As Brees outlines above, there's not a lot of love between the two sides, and he believes that shouldn't be the case. He wants unity between the players and the league but says the players haven't been treated fairly.

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"I think we, as players, always have felt like this should be a partnership between players and union that’s governed by this collective bargaining agreement that we all agreed to," Brees said. "There should be compromises. It should be fair for both sides. I just don’t feel like we’re ever in a position as players where we’re really fighting a fair fight."

Brees also added it's "very obvious" there needs to be a change regarding NFL commissioner Roger Goodell's discipline. He believes there should be a third party that can provide a neutral look at the investigations conducted by the league.