NFL states it didn’t hide JC Tretter grievance judgment from
The latest episode of Pablo Torre Discovers, featuring a 2nd visitor look by yours genuinely, focused in part on another complaint judgment that the NFL and NFL Players Association concealed.In reaction to
my suggestion that the result of the grievance relating to previous NFLPA president (and present NFLPA chief method officer) JC Tretter’s recommendation that disgruntled players phony injuries was hidden by the league from its groups, the NFL sent this statement: “Not accurate as the league satisfied its responsibility by informing ownership and key workers. The league presented the outcomes of the grievance to ownership and club workers at the March league meetings in Palm Beach. Coaches and GMs were informed on the decision and its impact during a session the first day of the conferences. Ownership was informed in a separate meeting.”
That said, we previously asked a G.M. about the fake-injury complaint. After he said, “Fake injury complaint?? Remind me?” I said, “Tretter suggested running backs ought to fake injuries. League filed a grievance.”
The reaction from the G.M.? “I do not understand anything about that.”
Even if the ruling was showcased throughout the March league meetings in Palm Beach, absolutely nothing was reported about it up until today. This clear triumph for the league wasn’t dripped to most-favored-nation reporters like Mark Maske of the Washington Post or, you know, any of the reporters who are employed directly by the league.
It was a win. A slam dunk. Why would the NFL hide it?And while the league insists it wasn’t hidden from the teams, it was hidden from the public. And it dovetails perfectly with the NFLPA hiding the collusion ruling.In this context
, it’s more of an NFLPA issue, in our view, than an NFL issue. Still, the NFL minimized its win. Why would the NFL do that, if it wasn’t getting something in return. Something like, say, the NFLPA minimizing its partial success in the collusion case?Quid pro quo. In
English, this for that.