September 08, 2015
The National Football League Players Association on Tuesday lost a bid to bring collusion claims over an allegedly secret salary cap, with a Minnesota federal judge saying it failed to prove a 2011 agreement barring it from bringing certain antitrust claims against the NFL was signed under false pretenses.
March 03, 2015
The National Football League Players Association told a federal judge on Tuesday that a 2011 agreement barring it from bringing certain antitrust claims against the NFL was signed under false pretenses, and shouldn't impede its collusion claim over an allegedly secret salary cap.
September 24, 2014
The National Football League on Wednesday called for the end of a suit that was first dismissed in 2012, asking a Minnesota judge to nix players' claims that teams colluded to stunt salaries during the uncapped 2010 season, saying the case should be closed "once and for all."
January 02, 2013
A Minnesota federal judge on Monday dismissed the NFL Players' Association's claims that the league and team owners conspired to set secret salary caps during the uncapped 2010 season, ruling players waived their legal claims as part of the parties' new collective bargaining agreement.
May 23, 2012
The National Football League Players Association on Wednesday hit the league with a $3 billion suit claiming the owners conspired to set secret salary caps in the 2010 season, when team payrolls were supposed to be uncapped.
March 01, 2011
A Minnesota federal judge on Tuesday found that the NFL violated a collective bargaining agreement with its players association when it entered television contracts guaranteeing it nearly $4 billion for games that could be canceled by a potential lockout.