SI:AM | The Chase for 700 (and the NL Central Crown) Albert Pujols and the Cardinals are on a tear. Sports Illustrated · Aug 25, 2022
How the NFLPA’s Gina Scott Makes Her Business Personal As VP of partner services, Scott represents thousands of players and their individual rights, and helped pass the NFLPA’s historic commercial agreement. Sports Illustrated · Aug 25, 2022
JC Tretter Retires From NFL After Nine-Year Career The former Browns center has been the NFLPA president since 2020. Sports Illustrated · Aug 25, 2022
The NFL Cast Him Out; He Says That Only Makes Him More Powerful NFLPA president—and longtime Browns center—JC Tretter is without a team, but he’s on a mission. Sports Illustrated · Aug 25, 2022
Did Both Sides Get What They Wanted in the Deshaun Watson Settlement? Optics are very important to the NFL, and whether the punishment for the Browns quarterback is enough is up to you. Sports Illustrated · Aug 18, 2022
Bears LB Roquan Smith continues ‘hold-in’ as memo issues warning The NFL Management Council sent an email to all teams warning that a man named Saint Omni was contacting teams on the player’s behalf, a source confirmed. Because he is not an NFLPA-certified agent, Omni is prohibited from negotiating contracts or trades. Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 15, 2022
Someone named Saint Omni has been contacting NFL teams about Roquan Smith The Roquan Smith situation is getting weird. USA Today Sports Media Group · Aug 15, 2022
SI:AM | What You Missed From Week 1 of the NFL Preseason QB battles took center stage as the preseason got underway. Sports Illustrated · Aug 15, 2022
NFLPA President J.C. Tretter was unimpressed with Soldier Field’s field NFLPA President J.C. Tretter added his name to the ever-increasing list of people unimpressed with Soldier Field's playing surface. USA Today Sports Media Group · Aug 13, 2022
Goodell: Watson’s Behavior Was ‘Egregious,’ ‘Predatory’ The NFL is currently appealing a disciplinary officer’s recommendation to suspend the Browns quarterback for six games. Sports Illustrated · Aug 9, 2022
Exclusive: Jerry Jones not surprised owner misconduct included in Deshaun Watson appeal The NFL Players Association has included a detailed list of past misconduct by NFL owners as part of its reply brief to the league’s appeal in Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson’s discipline case, according to Fort Worth Star-Telegram sources. Tribune News Service · Aug 8, 2022
Pat Leonard’s NFL notes: Will optics govern final Deshaun Watson ruling or will NFL get its unprecedented ban? NEW YORK — Roger Goodell’s appointee in the Deshaun Watson appeal, former N.J. attorney general Peter Harvey, could drop the hammer of an indefinite suspension plus a major fine on the Cleveland Browns quarterback this week. Tribune News Service · Aug 6, 2022
Reports: Roger Goodell to appoint someone else to hear Watson appeal According to reports, it won't be Goodell hearing the appeal. It could be someone from inside the league office or, based on one report, an outsider: USA Today Sports Media Group · Aug 4, 2022
Reports: NFL doesn’t want Deshaun Watson playing Texans in 2022 According to multiple reports, one of the reasons Goodell wants a lengthy suspension is not fairness but to keep Watson out of Browns Vs Texans: USA Today Sports Media Group · Aug 4, 2022
Tribune News Service · Aug 3, 2022 NFL appeals Deshaun Watson ruling, Roger Goodell seeks suspension of at least one year: source NFL commissioner Roger Goodell appealed Deshaun Watson’s six-game ban on Wednesday and is seeking a suspension of at least one year, a source told the New York Daily News.
Tribune News Service · Aug 3, 2022 Cowboys RB Ezekiel Elliott says he isn’t paying attention to the Deshaun Watson suspension OXNARD, Calif. — Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott was suspended for six games by the NFL during the 2017 season for violations to the league’s personal conduct policy after domestic violence allegations made by a female companion.
USA Today Sports Media Group · Aug 3, 2022 NFL is appealing Deshaun Watson’s 6-game suspension The NFL announced it is appealing Deshaun Watson's 6-game suspension
USA Today Sports Media Group · Aug 3, 2022 NFL to appeal Deshaun Watson’s six-game suspension The NFL has decided to appeal the six-game suspension of Deshaun Watson.
USA Today Sports Media Group · Aug 3, 2022 Uncertainty reigns as NFL mulls appeal of Deshaun Watson’s 6 game suspension No one knows what they will do but there are reasons the NFL might file an appeal and reasons for them not to:
Sports Illustrated · Aug 1, 2022 Sources: Watson, NFL Tried to Agree on Suspension, Fine After Hearing While Robinson was making her decision, there was a last-ditch effort to get a deal done.
Tribune News Service · Aug 1, 2022 Paul Zeise: NFL should not appeal the Deshaun Watson ruling Ben Roethlisberger was disciplined by the NFL in 2010 under a different collective bargaining agreement and a different set of rules.
Sports Illustrated · Aug 1, 2022 Deshaun Watson Suspension: Examining Process, Precedent Our Business of Football columnist analyzes the factors that influenced Sue L. Robinson’s decision on the Browns’ quarterback.
Sports Illustrated · Aug 1, 2022 Browns Owners Issue Statement on Deshaun Watson Ruling Sue L. Robinson ruled that the Browns quarterback should be suspended for the first six games of the 2022 season.
Los Angeles Times · Aug 1, 2022 Browns' Deshaun Watson receives six-game suspension, but that might not be the final word Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson has received a six-game suspension for violating the NFL's personal conduct policy in a ruling issued Monday by a third-party disciplinary officer — but the final decision still belongs to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.
USA Today Sports Media Group · Aug 1, 2022 NFL to “review” Judge Sue L. Robinson’s decision for potential appeal In a statement, the NFL announced they are "reviewing" the Deshaun Watson suspension and will then determine next steps.