NFLPA Plans Appeal In Saints' Worker Comp Case

The NFLPA plans to appeal a district court’s rulings that eight former Saints have to file worker compensation claims in Louisiana, and not California, to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. The disclosure was made in a letter sent Thursday to the 9th Circuit by law firm Gibson Dunn, which is re ...

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Jim Steeg No Longer Part Of USFL

Former NFL exec  Jim Steeg is no longer on the advisory board of the fledgling USFL, which plans to launch next March. He joined in February this year, and at the time, USFL CEO Jaime Cuadra  held out hope Steeg would join the league full-time. Steeg's name is no longer on the USFL ...

Suit Against RBS For Role In Liverpool Sale Proceeding

A New York state court judge ruled this week a lawsuit against RBS for its role in the sale of EPL club Liverpool in ‘10 may proceed, though she is requiring the damages part of the suit to be re-filed. Mill Financial, a lender to one of the past Liverpool owners, charges that the sale violate ...

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Vilma Will Ask Judge To Nix Suspension

Saints LB Jonathan Vilma today will ask a New Orleans-based federal court to overturn his one-year suspension, and he will call as witnesses six current and former teammates, as well as interim coach Joe Vitt . The NFL suspended Vilma as part of the alleged bounty system at the Saints. He denies ...

NFL Coaches Assoc Sues Union Execs

The NFL Coaches Association is directly suing NFLPA Assistant Exec Dir Clark Gaines, NFLPA Dir of Finance Charles Ross, and former NFLPA general counsel Richard Berthelsen as part of the ongoing legal dispute between the two parties. The NFLCA last week also sued Amalgamated Bank alleging ...

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NFL Coaches Association Suing NFLPA Officers

The NFL Coaches Association is directly suing two NFLPA officers, and the union’s former general counsel, Richard Berthelsen , as part of the ongoing legal dispute between the coaches group and players' union. The NFLCA also last week sued Amalgamated Bank, which the complaint charges decline ...

NFL Refs Want More Negotiating Sessions

Locked out NFL referees say no new negotiating sessions are scheduled with the league, though the group wants them to start. Speaking on a midday conference call, NFL Referees Association counsel Michael Arnold said the league’s strategy had been to lock out the refs, which occurred at midni ...

Saints' Vitt Denies Bounty Program's Existence

Saints interim coach Joe Vitt today denied there was a team bounty program in an affidavit filed in federal court. He is the first of the three coaches suspended to outright deny the team deployed a bounty system between '09-11, as alleged by the NFL. Previously he had denied the allegations again ...

Jets, N.Y. Film Academy Launching New Workshops

The NFL Jets and the N.Y. Film Academy are launching the Sports Media Academy, which will offer two 16-week workshops in Sports Photography and Sports Broadcasting for fans and aspiring media professionals. As part of the program, students will create a media portfolio while covering the Jets at sel ...

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Judge Rules Against NFLers In Workers Comp Case

A federal judge in Louisiana yesterday ruled that eight former Saints players must comply with the terms of their contracts and file workers' compensation claims. The judgment, from the same federal court currently presiding over the bounty cases, affirmed an arbitrator’s August '11 award ...

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