Players' union believes language in many rookie deals violates CBA
-- The NFL Players Association has identified language in about 160 of this year's rookie contracts that it believes violates the collective bargaining agreement and is considering filing grievances to have the deals voided.
"The union has undergone a comprehensive review of rookie contracts and language in those contracts for this year," NFLPA spokesman George Atallah told ESPN on Wednesday morning. "The CBA explicitly prohibits players from some of the language that we have seen the clubs attempt to impose in these deals. We are considering all of our options to protect the players and enforce the CBA."
The union estimates that about 25 or 26 NFL teams have included some form of prohibited language in rookie contracts this year. Examples include:
The NFLPA has sent letters to the NFL management council informing it of the language it believes violates the CBA.