(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — UPDATE, 11:26 a.m. ET: The NFLPA announced it will appeal Burbank’s ruling. The union released a statement that reads in part:
Any pay-to-injure program runs counter to the health and safety principles we stand for as players. However, none of the players punished in this case have seen a shred of evidence justifying the NFL’s punishment.
In the opinion, system arbitrator Stephen Burbank wrote, “It is important to emphasize — with respect to all of the Players — that nothing in this opinion is intended to convey a view about the underlying facts or the appropriateness of the discipline imposed.”
The union believes that the players are entitled to neutral arbitration of these issues under the CBA and will continue to fight for that principle and to protect the fair due process rights of all players.
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Score one for the NFL in the ever-unfolding bounty scandal that continues to swirl around the New Orleans Saints.
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