In a four-year-old case, a three-person appeals panel ruled that the Ravens, Cardinals and Broncos teams did not collude in structuring new contracts for Lamar Jackson, Kyler Murray and Russell Wilson, at the behest of the National Football League.
The case was originated in 2022 by the NFLPA after it alleged the NFL encouraged teams not to issue fully guaranteed contracts in the wake of the Browns signing Deshaun Watson to one, with an independent arbitrator agreeing that the NFL cautioned teams about the ramifications of doing so, but that there was no evidence individual teams colluded in negotiating new deals the aforementioned quarterbacks.
My take: They were never going to be able to prove this, but there absolutely was at least a tacit understanding among team owners that the Watson contract would be the last of its kind.
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No collusion on QB contracts
In a four-year-old case, a three-person appeals panel ruled that the Ravens, Cardinals and Broncos teams did not collude in structuring new contracts for Lamar Jackson, Kyler Murray and Russell Wilson, at the behest of the National Football League.
The case was originated in 2022 by the NFLPA after it alleged the NFL encouraged teams not to issue fully guaranteed contracts in the wake of the Browns signing Deshaun Watson to one, with an independent arbitrator agreeing that the NFL cautioned teams about the ramifications of doing so, but that there was no evidence individual teams colluded in negotiating new deals the aforementioned quarterbacks.
My take: They were never going to be able to prove this, but there absolutely was at least a tacit understanding among team owners that the Watson contract would be the last of its kind.
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