Earlier this week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled in favor of the NFL – holding that the lockout could continue until the full appeal is heard. This decision delays the start of free agency and eliminates the likelihood of organized mini-camps during the month of June.
Many fans were hopeful back in April when U.S. District Court Judge Susan Richard Nelson decided that the lockout should be lifted. However, that hope was quickly extinguished when the Court of Appeals issued a stay on her order.
The NFL argues that its issues with the players should not be resolved with litigation because the NFLPA is still operating as a union (and therefore, issues should be resolved through negotiation). Will the Court of Appeals ultimately agree with the NFL? Stay tuned…oral arguments are scheduled for June 3, 2011.
Interested in learning more? The enormous amount of public interest in this case has prompted the decision to make all documents available without charge via the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit’s website (http://www.ca8.uscourts.gov/).
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