Abstract
Social media, television, and news organizations have made the on and off-the-field actions of professional athletes more visible than ever before. This is true in the National Football League (NFL) whether the players are involved in criminal activities off-the-field or actions of protestation on the field. These activities are a daily item in the news over the past year and it appears that America’s voracious appetite for information about the NFL is not going to end any time soon. This paper will address the following in regard to the NFL: first, it will explain the basics of the NFL. Second, it will explain the important sections of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) that govern the relationship between the team owners and the players association; and third, the paper will provide reasons that support the authors’ assertion that perhaps all contractual disputes between the two parties should be resolved through arbitration. The NFL will be compared to the Canadian Football League (CFL) which has an arbitration process in place and is the closest professional substitute.
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Sports Management & Commercialization
KEYWORDS
Arbitration, NFL, CFL
Digital Media
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