Players Blast NFL For Legal Request

The players suing the NFL for antitrust violations blasted the league for requesting an extension of time to respond to the lawsuit, claiming it was part of a strategy to stretch out the lockout. The players also disclosed in a 12-page brief that they plan to file a motion for summary judgment to ha ...

NFL Asks Court For More Time To File

The NFL asked a federal court in Minnesota Thursday to allow it to delay filing its reply to the antitrust lawsuit pending against the league until July 6 instead of Monday. However, the league disclosed in papers filed at the court Thursday that the counsel for the 10 players suing the league oppos ...

Court Keeps NFL Lockout In Place

The NFL won a significant victory at the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals last night, with the court keeping in place the lockout and strongly suggesting it would ultimately overturn a lower court’s decision declaring the lockout illegal. Nine active players sued the NFL, seeking a ruling the lock ...

NFL, NFLPA Returning To Mediation

The NFL was scheduled today to return to the bargaining table in a Minnesota federal courtroom, with active and retired players present, but the prospects for those negotiations are fully uncertain. The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals has yet to make a decision, after two weeks' time, on whether t ...

Judge To Hear NFL Lockout Insurance Case

The NFL and its players today will again square off in the court room of Judge David Doty , who oversaw the now defunct CBA from '93 to March 11, 2011. This time, he will hear arguments about whether he should assess damages in the lockout insurance case. He ruled March 1 that the NFL had viol ...

NHL Sides With NFL In Court Brief

The NHL last night filed a friend of the court brief on behalf of the NFL at the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals, contending that a lower court’s decision to enjoin the football lockout would impair collective bargaining by allowing unions to decertify at the drop of a hat and sue for antitrust violati ...

Appellate Court To Rule Soon On NFL Case

With the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals yet to decide whether to lift or keep in place the NFL lockout, the court yesterday ordered the case to be expedited, with oral arguments set for June 3. U.S. District Judge Susan Nelson last week enjoined the now two-month-old lockout, but after a little more ...

NFL In Court Filing Blasts Judge For Lifting Lockout

The NFL in a court filing with the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals this morning blasted the district court judge who last week ruled to lift the lockout for failing to conduct evidence hearings on whether the NFLPA’s decertification was valid, and whether players were truly suffering irreparable harm. ...

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No Ruling Yet In NFL Appeal

The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals did not rule last night on the NFL’s request for a temporary stay of a lower court’s order to lift the lockout, paving the way for the beginning of the opening of the NFL’s offseason. The clerk for the 8th Circuit, Michael Gans , e-mailed last night that there ...

NFL Teams Set To Resume Operations

The NFL will reopen team facilities to players tomorrow at 8:00am ET and begin the process of implementing free agency, unless a three-judge panel in St. Louis this afternoon issues a temporary stay of a judge’s order to lift the lockout. Backed into a corner by a series of rulings from U.S. Distric ...