The National Football League responded Wednesday to a request made by the players suspended in the bounty scandal to either have their suspensions dismissed or have commission Roger Goodell removed as the in-house arbitrator for the appeal process.
The league argued that the courts can’t dismiss an arbitration ruling until an initial ruling is made, nor did the NFL accept the contention that Goodell shouldn’t arbitrate the case because of an alleged bias.
Also, the league claims that challenges to the in-house procedures aren’t enough to vacate the eventual arbitration ruling.