NFL, NFLPA Working Toward Stripping Roger Goodell of Discipline Authority

March 15, 2016   ·   Scott Polacek   ·   Jump to comments

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell may lose some of his authority in the near future. 
According to Matthew Futterman of the Wall Street Journal and Ron Clements of Sporting News, the league and NFL Players Association are working on a solution to strip the commissioner of his power over off-field discipline for players.
Clements noted that under the 2011 collective bargaining agreement, Goodell can "rule on player discipline and also hear appeals."
While it may seem inherently unfair to allow the person who has the power to rule on discipline to also hear appeals in the same case, Clements wrote that Goodell last year said the process was time-consuming and that he would have additional time for other NFL issues if he weren't so involved in the disciplinary process.
The NFLPA reportedly proposed the use of a panel made up of three neutral arbitrators as hearing officers who are lawyers or former judges with some type of football background, per Clements.

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