8th Circuit Rules That Lockout is Legal

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However, according to legal sources who have read today's ruling, the language from the 8th Circuit creates an opportunity for the NFL Players Association to file another expedited injunction seeking more rights for rookies and free agents not under contract. And, according to a high-placed source within the NFLPA, the players would file that injunction if a labor agreement can not be struck in short order.

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The NFL would not be permitted to appeal any ruling by U.S. District Judge Susan Richard Nelson's court regarding a new injunction for rookies and free agents, according to lawyers who have read the decision. The wording of Friday's decision says that injunction, if sought, would be legal.

Friday's ruling contains language that leaves open what rights "free agents and rookies" could have under the lockout. The NFL's lockout rules prohibit any contact between players and teams regarding virtually all matters and explicitly contract negotiations are deemed illegal. According to the 8th U.S. Circuit Court ruling those issues "should be addressed by the district court in the first instance."

According to the NFLPA source, the potential injunction on rookies and free agents that would be filed with Judge Nelson would be for the right for those players to immediately negotiate and sign deals.

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