Minnesota Appeals Court Sides with NFL, Ending StarCaps Dispute

A panel of judges from the Minnesota Court of Appeals has declined to overturn the suspensions imposed by the National Football League on Vikings defensive linemen Kevin and Pat Williams for taking a banned substance.   The court ruled against the players because the diuretic that they tested positive for does not fall under the state’s Drug and Alcohol Testing in the Workplace Act (DATWA). Thus, the NFL was not required to follow that law's worker-notification requirements.   In 200