Robert Griffin III’s knee injury in the first-round playoff game against Seattle caused quite a stir and controversy. Coach Mike Shanahan’s judgment in keeping an obviously injured player in the game became a lightening rod of controversy, with Dr. James Andrews having to explain himself and Shanahan’s actions. It was all confusing at best, shady [...]
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 [...]
Hall of Famer Reggie White Paid For Big Hits
October 19, 2012 | Posted by
Former Hall of Fame Packers defensive end Reggie White made a deal with fellow teammates in the1996 playoffs that if they made a big hit then he would give them $500. NBCSports.com reports that in the latest filing in the bounty case, the National Football League Players Association claims the National Football league knew that [...]
Judge Orders Saints Bounty Documents From Roger Goodell
October 16, 2012 | Posted by
The seemingly never-ending New Orleans Saints bounty scandal took another turn Tuesday when a federal magistrate judge ordered NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to provide the court with documents related to the investigation that has dragged on for several months. The order by Magistrate Daniel Knowles on Tuesday came in response to suspended linebacker Jonathan Vilma’s [...]
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 [...]
Panel Overturns Players’ Bounty Suspensions
September 7, 2012 | Posted by
In a reversal of gigantic proportions, the much-talked-about suspensions of four players allegedly involved in the New Orleans Saints bounty scandal have been reversed, according to ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter. The reverberations of the decision by a three-man arbitration panel shook the league at the start of its first weekend of the new season. [...]
NFLPA Seeks To Get Suspended Players On Field
September 5, 2012 | Posted by
With the NFL season set to begin tonight, the NFL Players Association has asked a federal judge for a temporary restraining order that would allow players suspended in connection with the NFL’s bounty investigation to rejoin their teams in time to play regular season openers. If you think the players are giving up on this [...]
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 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 [...]
