http://www.mail.com/organizations/1507368-national-football-league-players-association.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/organizations/1507368-national-football-league-players-association.html http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1860730-union-head-takes-nfl-player-safety-issues.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — So much for labor peace in the NFL. Less than 18 months after the league and players ended a lockout by signing a 10-year collective bargaining agreement, NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith and union president Domonique Foxworth used a Super Bowl news conference to lay out a series of complaints about safety issu... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1860730-union-head-takes-nfl-player-safety-issues.html 2013-02-01T00:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1858490-2-nfl-seasons-agreement-hgh-tests.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Baltimore Ravens defensive end Arthur Jones is among those NFL players who want the league and the union to finally agree on a way to do blood testing for human growth hormone. "I hope guys wouldn't be cheating. That's why you do all this extra work and extra training. Unfortunately, there are probably a few guys, a handful maybe, that ... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 13:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1858490-2-nfl-seasons-agreement-hgh-tests.html 2013-01-31T13:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1814456-nflpa-formal-investigation-rg3-injury.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The NFL players' union does not plan a formal investigation into how the Washington Redskins medical staff handled Robert Griffin III's knee injury. The NFL Players Association said Friday that they were satisfied with a report received from the Redskins detailing the procedures used by team physician James Andrews and other staff on the... Fri, 11 Jan 2013 18:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1814456-nflpa-formal-investigation-rg3-injury.html 2013-01-11T18:58:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1761904-nflpa-files-grievance-toradol-waivers.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The NFL Players Association has filed a grievance against the league's clubs and its management council asking that team doctors no longer try to make players to sign waivers before being prescribed the painkiller Toradol. The NFLPA said Wednesday that if a doctor believes a player would "be placed at an unacceptable medical risk by usin... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 18:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1761904-nflpa-files-grievance-toradol-waivers.html 2012-12-12T18:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1760482-player-suspensions-tossed-bounty-case.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Four players embroiled for nearly 10 months in the NFL's bounty investigation of the New Orleans Saints no longer have to worry about suspensions or fines, and can try to move on with their careers on the field. Off the field, the fallout from the dispute could endure for some time, particularly in federal court. In a surprising rejecti... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1760482-player-suspensions-tossed-bounty-case.html 2012-12-12T15:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1759840-saints-suspensions-tossed-bounty-case.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Finding fault with nearly everyone tied to the New Orleans Saints' bounty case, from the coaches to Roger Goodell, former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue tossed out the suspensions of four players Tuesday and condemned the team for obstructing the investigation. In a surprising rejection of his successor's overreaching punishments, Tagl... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 23:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1759840-saints-suspensions-tossed-bounty-case.html 2012-12-11T23:18:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1757608-tagliabue-overturns-goodell-saints-suspensions.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — In a sharp rebuke to his successor's handling of the NFL's bounty investigation, former Commissioner Paul Tagliabue overturned the suspensions of four current and former New Orleans Saints players in a case that has preoccupied the league for almost a year. Tagliabue, who was appointed by Commissioner Roger Goodell to handle the appeals... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 20:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1757608-tagliabue-overturns-goodell-saints-suspensions.html 2012-12-11T20:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1739848-vilmas-testimony-ends-latest-bounty-hearings.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The latest round of appeal hearings in the NFL's bounty investigation concluded Monday evening following witness appearances by former Minnesota Vikings head coach Brad Childress, Saints assistant head coach Joe Vitt and linebacker Jonathan Vilma. Now Vilma, Saints defensive end Will Smith and two other players await a ruling by former ... Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:40:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1739848-vilmas-testimony-ends-latest-bounty-hearings.html 2012-12-04T00:40:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1731112-1-key-witness-bounty-appeal-williams.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for players appealing NFL suspensions in the New Orleans Saints bounties case cross-examined one key witness Thursday. Now they're supposed to get a chance to confront another central figure: former Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams. Former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue is overseeing the latest round of player appeals... Fri, 30 Nov 2012 05:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1731112-1-key-witness-bounty-appeal-williams.html 2012-11-30T05:25:00Z