Judge Vacates Rosenhaus' NFLPA Arbitration Award In Jackson Case

NFL agent Drew Rosenhaus’ $516,415 NFLPA arbitration award against his ex-client, Redskins WR DeSean Jackson, was vacated by a federal judge late Friday afternoon. U.S. District Judge Michael Fitzgerald in a written decision vacated the award on the grounds that Jackson should have been told that the NFLPA arbitrator, Roger Kaplan, had worked for and was paid by Rosenhaus, in a separate arbitration, involving a dispute with one of his former employees.

Jackson was required to have his dispute with Rosenhaus heard by an NFLPA arbitrator under union regulations, but he objected when he found out that Kaplan was being paid a fee of $140,000 to work for Rosenhaus in his dispute with former Rosenhaus Sports employee Danny Martoe.

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