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Star quarterbacks Tom Brady of the New England Patriots, Peyton Manning of the Indianapolis Colts and Drew Brees of the New Orleans Saints are among the 10 players who filed an antitrust lawsuit against the NFL on Friday in an attempt to prevent a lockout.
Just after the players' union decertified, the three quarterbacks and seven other players filed suit against the NFL in U.S. District Court, seeking class-action against the league. They also filed a request for an injunction that would keep the NFL and the teams from engaging in a lockout.
Also involved in bringing the lawsuit: San Diego Chargers wide receiver Vincent Jackson, Minnesota Vikings linebacker Ben Leber and defensive end Brian Robison, Patriots guard Logan Mankins, New York Giants defensive end Osi Umenyiora, Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Mike Vrabel, and Texas A&M linebacker Von Miller, who is entered in this year's draft.
"The torch has been passed to a young Aggie who has decided to put his name on a lawsuit," NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith said.
Manning, Jackson and Mankins are free agents. The Colts tagged Manning as a franchise player, while the Chargers did the same with Jackson and the Patriots with Mankins. The union is disputing the validity of those tags.
The players allege that the NFL conspired to deny the players' ability to market their services.
Two things.
One, I'm glad no Steelers were named in this suit.
Two, who's paying the lawyers tab here?
My guess the NFLPA, you know that thing that supposedly no longer exists. What a crock decertification is.
If I were the judge I'd allow the Union to decertify, but I'd tell them that if they reformed any time in the next 5 years they'd be held in contemp of court for perpetuating a sham on the public.
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