U.S. District Judge David Doty found that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell had no authority to retroactively apply the NFL’s new policy and that NFL arbitrator Henderson “simply disregarded the law of the shop and in doing so failed to meet his duty under the [Collective Bargaining Agreement signed on August 4, 2011].” The judge remanded the case to follow further proceedings under the rules of the collective bargaining agreement.
Peterson had been suspended until at least by April 15 pursuant to the new personal conduct …
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