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Report: Tom Brady Will Sue If The NFL Doesn't Throw Out His Suspension
There are rumblings that a decision on Tom Brady’s appeal of his four-game Ballghazi suspension will be coming down very soon. But the union is already making a ton of noise: according to reports from ESPN and NFL.com, citing NFLPA sources, Brady and the union are already prepping a challenge in fed...
Troy Vincent: NFLPA Should Stop Spending So Much Money To Sue The NFL
ESPN’s Ashley Fox has an interview with high-ranking NFL executive Troy Vincent today, and there’s a whole lot of puff. (Sample question, summarized: “The person you hired to look tough on domestic violence says the NFL has made incredible strides on domestic violence. Wouldn’t you agree?”) But even...
Report: Malcolm Butler Benched For Arriving Late To Voluntary Practice
The last time Malcolm Butler was in the news, it was because he was busy sealing a Super Bowl win for the Patriots with an incredible interception. But past accomplishments don’t earn you any leeway in Bill Belichick’s world. ...
Is Ray Rice Being Blackballed?
Speaking with ESPN yesterday, NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith pretty heavily suggested that there’s a concerted effort by owners to keep Ray Rice out of the league....
Tom Brady's Appeal Goes <i>Hard</i> After Roger Goodell
Tom Brady has appealed his four-game suspension for being “generally aware” of two Patriots staffers’ schemes to illegally deflate footballs, and we learned this morning that the appeal will be heard by none other than Roger Goodell himself. That hearing is going to get really awkward when Goodell i...
Tom Brady Appeals Four-Game Suspension
As expected, the NFLPA filed an appeal on behalf of Tom Brady over his four-game suspension for his role in the Patriots’ ball-deflation schemes....
NFLPA Re-Elects DeMaurice Smith As Executive Director, For Some Reason
The NFL Players Association re-elected incumbent Executive Director DeMaurice Smith early Monday morning. This year's election had swollen to nine candidates, many of whom were ridiculous and under-qualified, but there had been a growing sense that the players were increasingly unhappy with Smith an...
The NFLPA's Election For A New Leader Is A Ridiculous Clown Show
This Sunday, the National Football League Players Association will hold an election for Executive Director, a position held by DeMaurice Smith since being unanimously elected by active player reps in 2009. Including Smith, there are nine candidates for the position, which is about eight more than us...
Adrian Peterson Wins Suspension Appeal
Federal judge David Doty has ruled in favor of the NFLPA's motion to end Vikings running back Adrian Peterson's indefinite suspension. The ruling vacates a previous ruling by arbitrator Harold Henderson, who upheld Peterson's suspension back in December....
NFLPA Response: With These Benevolent Owners, Who Needs A Union?
After our editorial urging NFL players to form a union ran yesterday, we received the below reply from NFLPA Assistant Executive Director of External Affairs George Atallah....
Audio: NFL Exec Told Adrian Peterson He Would Get Two-Game Suspension
ABC News has obtained a recording of a phone call between NFL executive Troy Vincent and Vikings RB Adrian Peterson, which Peterson's lawyer's claim shows the league promised Peterson a two-game suspension instead of the full-season ban that was handed down and upheld under appeal on Friday....
Adrian Peterson: Planned Hearing Was "Inconsistent With The CBA"
Yesterday, Adam Schefter reported that Vikings running back Adrian Peterson bailed on a disciplinary hearing scheduled for last Friday. The NFL claimed they set the meeting because Peterson and the NFLPA kept asking for the matter resolved as quickly as possible. This morning, on the NFLPA's site, P...
Ray Rice Appeal Won't Be Heard By Roger Goodell
Late last night, the NFLPA officially filed a grievance on behalf of Ray Rice, appealing the indefinite suspension he received hours after tape of him punching out his fiancée was made public—and months after the NFL had decided a two-game suspension was appropriate. It sounds like that disciplinary...
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NFL And Players Agree To New Drug Policies [Update]
The NFLPA voted to approve the NFL's new, less stupid drug testing policies (which also include HGH testing). Reports are that a number of suspended players will be immediately reinstated once this is through, eligible to play this Sunday. ...
The NFL Finally Explains Why It Suspended Ray Rice Indefinitely
First, the NFL suspended Ray Rice for two games. Then video came out, which the league pretended it hadn't seen, and the NFL suspended Ray Rice indefinitely. Last we heard, the NFLPA and Rice were still waiting on an official explanation from the league, which was pretty strange. The NFL has to at l...
Sean Gilbert, Running For NFLPA Head, Proposes 18-Game Season
Sean Gilbert, who played DT for four teams over 12 seasons before retiring in 2003, had announced he will run against DeMaurice Smith for executive director of the NFLPA. In a release today, Gilbert announced his platform—and it begins with nothing less than blowing up the current CBA....
Two Former NFLers Sue Players' Union Over Concussions
Christian Ballard and Greg Westbrooks have filed a lawsuit against the NFLPA and three of its past presidents, alleging that the union improperly and inaccurately provided information to players about the risk and long-term effects of brain trauma....
Court Filing: Drew Rosenhaus Bribed DeSean Jackson
Earlier this year, an NFLPA-appointed arbitrator ruled that DeSean Jackson owes former agent Drew Rosenhaus more than half a million in unpaid loans. Jackson is fighting this in court, and in filings made last week, alleged that Rosenhaus illegally paid him to be his client, a payout that included $...
NFLPA Comes Out In Support Of College Players' Union
In recent days, high-ranking NCAA and university executives have had op-eds placed in the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal arguing against the right of college players to unionize. One of those papers then turned down the NFLPA's attempt to get a response published. ...