Originally from Alternatives to the High Cost of Litigation

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In U.S. football, success often hinges on a wellcrafted playbook—a trusted guide that coaches use to help their teams score big touchdowns. A good playbook anticipates anything and everything, including disputes that may arise on the field.

But what about off the field? What’s in the National Football League’s playbook when internal conflicts come up?

The answer might surprise you: the NFL’s go-to strategy has its chief executive officer, Commissioner Roger Goodell, acting as both player and referee in their arbitration disputes. This approach, however, is currently under fire in a high-profile case, Flores v. National Football League, before the Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, where legal experts are raising serious concerns about fairness and procedural integrity.