The NFLPA has filed a grievance vs. the NFL challenging Commissioner Goodell's authority to suspend the four players he did. More to come.
— Andrew Brandt (@adbrandt) May 4, 2012
-NFLPA filed "non-injury grievance" to get it before system arbitrator (same guy hearing cowboys/redskins issue)
-argument is that CBA had provision that commissioner cannot levy discipline for conduct before CBA signed
-alternative argument- appeal should be in front of cotrell and shell since it involves on-field conduct
"In connection with entering into the 2011 CBA, the NFL agreed to release players of all pre-CBA conduct, which would mean that only events during the 2011 season could even be considered. The NFLPA’s grievance filing states that Goodell is “prohibited from punishing NFL players for any aspect of the ‘pay-for-performance/bounty’ conduct occurring before August 4, 2011.”
