The NFLPA filed a motion on Tuesday to hold the NFL and commissioner Roger Goodell in contempt of court in the matter pertaining to Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson.
NFLPA President Eric Winston penned a short letter elucidating the player's decision...
Today, the players filed a motion in Federal Court in the Adrian Peterson matter because the Commissioner and NFL have deliberately ignored both the Court's decision from eleven weeks ago and our repeated requests to comply with that order.
On February 26th, the NFL was ordered to change their decision in the Peterson matter and reissue a ruling consistent with our collective bargaining agreement. The Union made multiple requests to the League office asking the arbitrator, who serves at the direction of the Commissioner, to comply with the law and avoid further litigation. Despite our attempts, they have done nothing and leave us no choice but to seek this motion.
The delay tactics, inconsistencies and arbitrary decision making of the League has continued to hurt the rights of players, the credibility of the League office and the integrity of the Collective Bargaining Agreement. In the absence of any action by the NFL's governing board of owners, the players have acted to hold the NFL accountable to our players, the CBA and to the law.
Peterson was suspended Nov. 18, 2014 after what the league called, "an incident of abusive discipline" involving his then four-year-old son.
Peterson appeared in the Vikings season opener last year, but was then placed on the exempt/commissioner's permission list.
He was reinstated by the league on April 16.
