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The NFL wants to have its cake and hide it.
As the league attempts to force the Brian Flores case into arbitration, Flores wants certain information from the league that will be relevant to the issue of whether arbitration is appropriate. The league has refused the request. Flores, through his lawyers, has asked the presiding judge to order the NFL to provide the information.
The argument is simple. Flores (and his co-plaintiffs, Steve Wilks and Ray Horton) believe that certain information will be necessary to the question of whether the league’s request to move the case to arbitration should be granted.
Attached to the six-page letter is a list of 10 different types of materials Flores has requested: (1) all documents regarding the NFL’s policies and procedures regarding arbitration; (2) all documents regarding agreements and policies between the plaintiffs and any NFL team, including contracts, handbooks, and related materials; (3) all documents regarding the Commissioner’s compensation over the past 10 years; (4) all documents regarding the Commissioner’s negotiations regarding his compensation over the past 10 years; (5) all documents regarding the evaluation of the Commissioner’s performance; (6) all documents regarding the Commissioner’s involvement in any dispute involving any NFL team; (7) all documents regarding the Commissioner’s “personal, social, and/or professional relationship with any NFL team owners and/or senior executives” (or, alternatively,...
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