KANSAS CITY, Mo. – While Roger Goodell and the NFL are expected to eventually get an 18-game regular season, with each team traveling internationally once per year, the NFL Players Association has won the battle over the annual report cards.
Two weeks ago, the league earned a victory in the latter conflict, a grievance against the NFLPA that prevented the union from publishing its widely anticipated club report cards. After an arbitrator ruled the NFLPA violated the collective bargaining agreement with the report cards by “disparaging NFL Clubs and individuals,” some thought the late-February grades were history.