Redskins, Cowboys could go “nuclear” over cap mess

[HoopheadVII]

Originally Posted by SBXVII

Understood so let me ask.... are the lawyers for the Redskins really as dumb as you point out to file an appeal for an arbitrator to look into if he has no power? or it's not in his job? why file an appeal? why not take it to the appropriate place to begin with? if it's not the arbitrator?

I think the Redskins would rather eat the penalty than sue in civil court.

Going to the arbitrator is a smaller step that still holds the threat of airing dirty laundry to the NFLPA, and I suspect they're playing chicken with the League in the hope that the League will reduce penalties in return for shutting up.

That's just pure speculation, though.

The other hope is that the arbitrator says the changes to the salary cap for '12 and '13 aren't consistent with the concept of the salary cap written throughout the whole CBA, and says that the whole CBA needs to be rewritten to make those changes - in which case the League might drop or modify the penalties rather than try to re-negotiate the whole CBA.