A report from Pro Players Insider says the NFLPA has filed a grievance with the NFL vice president of labor arbitration and litigation, Buckly Briggs, and System Arbitrator, Professor Stephen Burbank of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, stating the suspensions doled out to current Saints players Jonathan Vilma and Will Smith, and former Saints [...]
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Report: NFLPA Challenges Bounty Suspensions, Stating Ruling Lies With System Arbitrator, Not Commissioner
Posted by admin on May 6th, 2012
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Tags: Arbitrator, bounty, Challenges, Commissioner, lies, NFLPA, Report, ruling, Stating, Suspensions, System 
No Comments »James Harrison chimes in on Bountygate suspensions
Posted by admin on May 3rd, 2012
Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison gave his two cents on the NFL’s suspension of four players in connection with the Bountygate scandal earlier today. “Ridiculous, and nobody really sees why the punishments have been so severe over the past 3 – 4 years!” he exclaimed on his Facebook page just after Goodell’s ruling. James Harrison [...]
Saints Suspensions in Bounty Scandal A Reminder of Why The Steelers Voted ‘No’ on the CBA
Posted by admin on May 3rd, 2012
Charlie Wilmoth of SB Nation Pittsburgh compiled an interesting piece (via ESPN’s Adam Schefter) regarding some reactions of the suspensions in wake of the bounty scandal in New Orleans. As probably suspected, those reactions were colorful, aggressive and not in support of the verdict handed down by Commissioner Roger Goodell. OLB James Harrison, the Steeler [...]
Posted in Pittsburgh Steelers Tags: bounty, Reminder, Saints, Scandal, Steelers, Suspensions, Voted, “no No Comments »
