The Facts:
Following up on the ongoing story. ... The plaintiffs' counsel in the Brady et al v. the National Football League et al case filed a 23-page brief to argue against the NFL's motion to stay U.S. District Judge Susan Richard Nelson's decision to grant the players an injunction and lift the lockout on Wednesday.
Reported by NFL.com
Fantasy Football Diehards Line:
In the filing, NFL Players Association local counsel Barbara Berens argues that NFL players should "not be prevented from working one day longer," and that the league should be forced to post a $1 billion bond -- a figure derived as "roughly 25 percent of the amount that the players were compensated last year" -- in case a stay is granted. ... Now, the league has until 6 p.m. ET to file its response to the players' request for a clarification on Nelson's ruling on the injunction, which would define when the league year would be ordered to begin.
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