Details On How The NFL Tried To Withhold $120 Million From The Players

[Double Barrel]

Details On How The NFL Tried To Withhold $120 Million From The Players

The National Football League withheld as much as $120 million to the players over the course of 3 years, according to the Wall St. Journal. The NFL Players Association discovered that the league mischaracterized funds that should have counted toward the salary cap as part of an audit.

NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy characterized it as a “technical accounting issue under the CBA involving the funding of stadium construction and renovation projects.”

That flies in the face of the fact that the league contested the matter, which in turn put the case before an arbitrator.

Full article - Forbes.com

 

[welsh texan]

I'm not really surprised by this, after the CBA there was meant to be a huge spike in the cap, yet it remained relatively flat for a few years. I did wonder if something was up.

After all the haggling that went on I bet the NFLPA is pissed off that they got screwed anyway!!

 

[CloakNNNdagger]

Wondering who in the NFLPA who was responsible for auditing the CBA-related finances. Those phony numbers would have been available to both sides at all times during the CBA.