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FRPLG · 04-26-2012, 12:01 AM

SB, I think we're sorta getting what your are saying. The problem is that all parties involved here are subject to rules. Some outlined in NFL Bylaws, some in the relevant CBAs. The arbitrator has specific authority granted by the current CBA. This same person was also the arbitrator granted specific authorities under the old CBA but that is now irellevant. He cannot expand his authority without the consent of the parties involved so he cannot under any legally theoretical notion rule as to whether what we did was a violation unless the current CBA allows for him to handle such a question. He can rule as to whether what has been done now, the punishment, was allowable under the current CBA. That's it.

04-26-2012, 12:01 AM	#2
FRPLG MVP Join Date: May 2004 Age: 47 Posts: 10,164	Re: Redskins, Cowboys could go “nuclear” over cap mess SB, I think we're sorta getting what your are saying. The problem is that all parties involved here are subject to rules. Some outlined in NFL Bylaws, some in the relevant CBAs. The arbitrator has specific authority granted by the current CBA. This same person was also the arbitrator granted specific authorities under the old CBA but that is now irellevant. He cannot expand his authority without the consent of the parties involved so he cannot under any legally theoretical notion rule as to whether what we did was a violation unless the current CBA allows for him to handle such a question. He can rule as to whether what has been done now, the punishment, was allowable under the current CBA. That's it.