NFL to Interview Multiple Players Connected to Al Jazeera PEDs Report

August 18, 2016   ·   Tyler Conway   ·   Jump to comments

Despite the protestations of the NFL Players Association, three of the players linked to performance-enhancing drugs by an Al Jazeera report will reportedly meet with league investigators this month.
ESPN.com's Chris Mortensen reported Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison and Green Bay Packers linebackers Clay Matthews and Julius Peppers have agreed to a meeting. Free-agent linebacker Mike Neal, whom Mortensen reported would also speak to investigators, has not yet formally agreed, per Tom Pelissero of USA Today.
The NFL had threatened the players with suspension if they refused to cooperate. NFL senior vice president of labor policy and league affairs Adolpho Birch said the following in a letter sent to the NFLPA, per Pelissero:
For those players whose interviews do not take place on or before [Aug. 25], or who fail meaningfully to participate in or otherwise obstruct the inter...

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