Court Finds Arbitrator Failed to Recognize Flaw in NFL’s Commissioner’s Ruling in Peterson Case
A federal judge from the District of Minnesota has interceded on behalf of the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA), and star running back Adrian Peterson, and vacated an arbitration award that favored the National Football League and the National Football League Management Council (collectively, NFL).
This dispute centered on the discipline imposed by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on Peterson following Peterson’s corporal punishment of his son in May 2014, which had be