NFLPA to File Collusion Grievance

Reports are surfacing that the NFLPA is on the brink of filing a collusion grievance. Acording to the reports, the NFLPA began working on a collusion case after only one of 216 restrcited free agents were signed to an offer sheet. In the NFL, restricted free agents are allowed to seek offer sheets from other teams, and once one is signed, the player's former team has the option to match the offer and retain the player, or let the player go according to the terms of the offer sheet.

Collusion is where players or clubs act in concert in order to defraud or decieve another party. Here, the NLFPA would argue that the NFL clubs are colluding and agreeing to refuse to provide offer sheets to restricted free agents, in an effort to reduce player salaries. Collusion is usually difficult to prove absent obvious evidence, and could take several years before there is a decision regarding the grievance.