Elvis Dumervil fired his agent Marty Magid after he failed to submit the proper paperwork of his new restructured contract with the Denver Broncos before the team’s 4 p.m. ET Friday deadline. “It’s terrible, but he said he knows what happened and why it happened,” Magid told USA Today Sports. Magid said that he thought [...]
4 Concussions Sunday Draw Concern of NFLPA
November 13, 2012 | Posted by
Concussions suffered by three quarterbacks and a running back Sunday has prompted NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith two renew his call for the league to hire “concussion specialists” with no team affiliation who would man the sidelines to oversee concussion protocols and treat players. The players’ union continues to be frustrated over what it perceives [...]
Roger Goodell Appoints Paul Tagliabue to Hear Appeals
October 20, 2012 | Posted by
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has appointed former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue to hear the appeals of the four players suspended in connection with the New Orleans Saints’ bounty scandal. Jonathan Vilma, Scott Fujita, Will Smith and Anthony Hargrove, as well as the players’ union were notified by Goodell Friday about his decision to allow Tagliabue [...]
NFLPA Contacts Roger Goodell About Bounty Reversal
September 10, 2012 | Posted by
Now that a panel has overturned the suspensions of four players implicated in the New Orleans Saints so-called bounty program, what next? That’s what the NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith wants to know. And so, Smith sent a letter on Monday to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, according to ESPN, that outlines the union’s [...]
NFLPA Head DeMaurice Smith Blasts The NFL For Use of Replacement Refs
August 29, 2012 | Posted by
The head of the NFL Players Association blasted the NFL for the current labor impasse with officials and declined to rule out a players strike out of safety concerns. In a recent interview with Sports Illustrated, Executive Director DeMaurice Smith called the league’s lockout of officials “absurd,” adding that the NFLPA reserved “the right to [...]
NFLPA Disputes Roger Goodell’s Evidence Claims
August 18, 2012 | Posted by
The NFL Players Association filed documents in federal court disputing commissioner Roger Goodell’s sworn statement that he was prepared to discipline players for their involvement in the New Orleans Saints bounty pool in March, but waited until May as a courtesy to the union. Attorneys for four players suspended in the bounty investigation have argued [...]
NFL Submits Evidence To Support Roger Goodell
August 17, 2012 | Posted by
The New Orleans Saints bounty case will not go away, not with all the legal machinations involve. The latest is this: The NFL on Thursday provided a federal judge with what it says is evidence commissioner Roger Goodell did not improperly pre-judge the four players suspended in the bounty investigation. The evidence includes a copy [...]
NFLPA Wants Roger Goodell To Reopen Saints Bounty Probe
June 22, 2012 | Posted by
NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith has written to Roger Goodell asking the NFL commissioner to reopen the investigation of the New Orleans Saints’bounty program. In an interview with Pro Football Talk Live, Smith said he intended to talk to Goodell and would point out areas of the investigation that he believes failed, in [...]
