NFL Lockout Plot Thickens, Athletes at Large: With No CBA, the Hoodlums Can Play

March 14, 2011   ·   John Durst   ·   Jump to comments

The recent arrest of Vikings cornerback Chris Cook sparked some questions about the effect of the NFL lockout on the player code of conduct and just how the league will handle situations involving players who get into trouble this offseason. According to ESPN's Adam Shefter, they won't handle them at all, or rather they can't.
The end of the last CBA (collective bargaining agreement) also marked the end of the NFL's personal conduct code, so in the case of Chris Cook, there is nothing that the league can do. Also, once a new CBA is agreed upon, the league cannot retroactively enforce any new personal conduct code for things that happened during this state of league limbo.
Cook was arrested in Lynchburg, VA, for allegedly brandishing a weapon during a fight/altercation with a neighbor over a supposed misunderstanding. Cook refutes the charge, and he was not jailed for the altercation.
Still, under the old guard the team or league could and most likely would take some sort...

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