Shorttynaz Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 "The NFL Players Association wants the NFL, its management council and Commissioner Roger Goodell held in contempt of court over the league's refusal to have an arbitrator issue a new ruling on Adrian Peterson's since-lifted suspension, as ordered months ago by a federal judge. On Feb. 26, Judge David S. Doty granted the NFLPA's motion to vacate the arbitration award that upheld Peterson's suspension and sent the case back to appeals officer Harold Henderson for further proceedings consistent with Doty's order. In a motion filed Tuesday, the NFLPA says league counsel has continued to tell Henderson not to act until the league’s appeal is heard by the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, which could take months. The appeals court on Tuesday granted an NFL motion for an extension until June 9 to file its latest brief. "Significantly, the NFL has engaged in this self-help, contumacious defiance of this Court's Order without even seeking — much less obtaining — any stay of the Order pending its appeal in the Eighth Circuit," the NFLPA motion said. Citing a letter from league counsel Daniel Nash, the union also says “the NFL has implored Mr. Henderson to make the same hypothetical ruling in the event he ever issues a new arbitral award” despite Doty’s ruling that Henderson exceeded his authority. “There is no basis for the union’s action,” NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy wrote in an e-mail to USA TODAY Sports after the motion was filed. “The district court's decision on Adrian Peterson is on appeal to the Eighth Circuit. “In the meantime, Mr. Peterson was reinstated more than a month ago and he may fully participate in team activities. The remaining disciplinary issue concerns the amount of 2014 pay to be forfeited by Mr. Peterson and that issue is presently before the Court of Appeals.” Peterson, the Minnesota Vikings’ star running back, forfeited three game checks worth more than $2 million after Henderson upheld his suspension following Peterson’s no-contest plea to a misdemeanor charge for injuring his 4-year-old son while disciplining the boy with a wooden switch. The NFL reinstated Peterson on April 16. But the union’s argument against the process that led to his suspension in November – and upheld weeks later by Henderson, a longtime NFL employee – remains important in terms of precedent. The motion filed Tuesday raises the case of Dallas Cowboys defensive end Greg Hardy, who has appealed his 10-game suspension on much the same grounds, including retroactive application of a personal conduct policy that wasn’t in place when the conduct occurred. Goodell has appointed Henderson to hear Hardy’s appeal, too. The NFLPA has asked Henderson to recuse himself. The Peterson case is at the center of a broader fight over personal conduct that has raged between the sides since last fall. NFL owners ratified a new personal conduct policy in December without prior approval from the NFLPA, which has filed a grievance on that matter. In an unrelated matter Tuesday, the NFLPA formalized its request for Goodell to recuse himself from hearing the appeal of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, who hopes to overturn his four-game suspension from the so-called Deflategate scandal." http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2015/05/19/nflpa-roger-goodell-contempt-court-adrian-peterson-personal-conduct-eighth-circuit-david-doty/27604943/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowboutthemCowboys Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keggerz Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Seems like a lot of unfounded posturing and bloviating to me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zooty Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Seems like a lot of unfounded posturing and bloviating to me. by both sides...on all matters 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorningMud Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Am I the only one pissed off over how much of the courts time the NFL and NFLPA are wasting here? Should this really be a concern for the legal system? How much taxpayer money has been wasted. This is little boys fighting over toys. Someone needs to give them both a timeout and tell them to look at the big picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajncajn Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Am I the only one pissed off over how much of the courts time the NFL and NFLPA are wasting here? Should this really be a concern for the legal system? How much taxpayer money has been wasted. This is little boys fighting over toys. Someone needs to give them both a timeout and tell them to look at the big picture. This kinda crap happens all the time in the corporate world. My guess is the NFLPA is posturing to renegotiate the CBA and/or try to get the owners to push Goodell out. Neither of which will happen... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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