Agent’s Failure to Arbitrate Dooms Legal Argument

A federal judge has granted the National Football League Players Association’s motion to dismiss in a case in which a contract advisor, i.e. agent, alleged that the NFLPA improperly withdrew his certification.   On November 24, 2010, plaintiff Jake Kivisto filed a declaratory action under § 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. § 185, challenging the expiration of his NFLPA Agent certification. Kivisto's certification had expired on October 2, 2009 pursuant to Section 2G