The new NFL collective bargaining agreement may be facing a legal challenge already.
Free agent safety Eric Reid has enlisted lawyer Mark Geragos to try to invalidate the new CBA. In a letter to the NFLPA, Reid’s lawyer alleges that the version voted on by the players had different language than the one posted on the NFLPA’s website after passage.
My lawyers @meiselasb and @markgeragos sent a letter to the @NFLPA and @DeSmithNFLPA this morning demanding answers why language in CBA was changed after vote and demanding a new vote and investigation. Read the letter and compare CBA we voted on vs. CBA posted on NFLPA website. pic.twitter.com/1F2LapcQE2
— Eric Reid (@E_Reid35) March 30, 2020
Side by side of the CBA language players voted on vs CBA posted on @NFLPA site post vote pic.twitter.com/X89ClFjq9E
— Eric Reid (@E_Reid35) March 30, 2020
The letter is correct that there is a difference in wording in the section about the league’s disability plan. It’s not clear why that is the case.
Reid was one of many players opposed to the CBA in the first place. His requested remedies — invalidation or a new vote — both seem unlikely, but that language certainly should be clarified.
