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NFL Unveils New Personal Conduct Policy Amid NFLPA Objection

The NFL this afternoon formally unveiled a new player conduct policy, which was quickly attacked by the NFLPA. The new policy will take players off the field, with pay, if they are charged with a violent crime. The league will hire a new disciplinarian officer who will oversee initial player misconduct hearings and issue punishments. Any appeals will go to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. NFL Exec VP & General Counsel Jeff Pash said the league in the past had relied on the criminal justice system, and that will not occur anymore. The league is beefing up its investigative unit, and is relying on a wide array of consultants and agencies who specialize in the area of violent crimes.

The NFLPA in a statement said, "Our union has not been offered the professional courtesy of seeing the NFL's new personal conduct policy before it hit the presses. Their unilateral decision and conduct today is the only thing that has been consistent over the past few months." But the NFL put out a fact sheet that listed 47 people and agencies, including the NFLPA, that had been consulted.

Pash said the NFLPA had been thoroughly consulted, and player conduct is not subject to further collective bargaining. The NFLPA disputes that, but Pash said the league has the power to implement the new policy under article 46 of the CBA. That article gives the commissioner wide powers over player misconduct, though it does not provide for a disciplinary officer to issue initial punishments. Pash said article 46 gives the commissioner the power to delegate the power, and that is what he is doing here.

The league created a flow chart to help explain the new policy.

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