sports.espn.go.com — The NFL Players Association will file a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis on Thursday, seeking to overturn all suspensions issued Tuesday by the league for any player who took the supplement identified as StarCaps that triggered several positive tests for the banned diuretic ...
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NFLPA FILING STARCAPS SUIT ON THURSDAY
ProFootballTalk.com —
ESPN’s Chris Mortensen reports (and we’ve independently learned) that the NFL Players Association will file suit on Thursday in federal court in Minnesota to block the league from suspending the three Saints and two Vikings players who tested positive for Bumetanide after taking the supplement known as StarCaps. (Falcons defensive tackle Grady Jackson tested positive, but his appeal has not yet been resolved.) Per a league source, the NFLPA plans to pursue the effort within the confines of the broader antitrust suit that was commenced nearly 20 years ago by the late Reggie ...
NFL Players Association seeks to obtain injunction in Minnesota court in StarCaps/bumetanide case
Steroid Nation —
... in a Hennepin County courtroom, the NFLPA will seek another injunction against the NFL StarCaps/bumetanide suspensions. ESPN reports on this one: ...
NFLPA To File Lawsuit
The National Football Post —
NFLPA To File Lawsuit From Chris Mortensen of ESPN.com : The NFL Players Association will file a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis on Thursday, seeking to overturn all suspensions issued Tuesday by the league for any player who took the supplement identified as StarCaps that triggered several positive tests for the banned diuretic Bumetanide, union sources said. The action will ask the federal court for a ruling by Friday, the sources said. The basis for the union’s action is founded on many of the same arguments that resulted in a temporary restraining order ...
The StarCaps News Is Flying Fast and Furious
Daily Norseman —
... The NFLPA is also filing a suitt in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis to overturn the suspensions of the StarCaps Five. (And I'm not slighting Texans' long snapper Bryan Pittman in this, but it's come out that he tested for Bumetanide from something totally unrelated to StarCaps.) ...
Black and Blue all over: The legal epicenter
ESPN.com - NFL Nation - Blog —
... Second, the NFL Players Association is expected to file a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis to overturn all six suspensions, ESPN's Chris Mortensen reported late Wednesday night. One of the judges in that court is David Doty, who has maintained a long-time purview over the league's collective bargaining agreement. ...
Hope for Deuce After All????
Canal Street Chronicles —
Hey boys and girls....ala Rotoworld this morning...
The NFLPA will file a lawsuit Thursday to overturn all suspensions issued Tuesday by the league for any player who took Starcaps.
This lawsuit could eventually be combined with the temporary "restraining order" Vikings DTs Pat and Kevin Williams were already granted on Wednesday that may allow the Vikings to play. The NFLPA case would also include the three suspended Saints. A ruling could be down by Friday.
NFLPA to file lawsuit on behalf of suspended players
The Scores Report - The National Sports Blog —
... players on Tuesday would be carried out in a quiet, swift manner – think again. The NFLPA will file a lawsuit Thursday to overturn all of the suspensions in this case. ...
NFLPA Sues to Block Suspensions
FanHouse —
... ESPN's Chris Mortensen reports the union is going to ask for a ruling by Friday, meaning that the involved teams are left twisting in the wind regarding the availability of their players. ...
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UP TO 25 SAINTS TOOK STARCAPS?
www.profootballtalk.com 12/1/2008 — Though only three members of the New Orleans Saints currently face suspensions for taking StarCaps, which contained a secret, FDA-regulated ingredient not listed on the label, we’re told that defensive end Will Grant testified at the combined ...
Though only three members of the New Orleans Saints currently face suspensions for taking StarCaps, which contained a secret, FDA-regulated ingredient not listed on the label, we’re told that defensive end Will Grant testified at the combined ...
NFL SUSPENDS SIX PLAYERS
www.profootballtalk.com 12/3/2008 — The NFL has suspended at least six players for using a supplement with a banned ingredient.
The players appealed the suspensions and said the league should have warned them that the banned substance, bumetanide, was in the over-the-counter supplement ...
The NFL has suspended at least six players for using a supplement with a banned ingredient.
The players appealed the suspensions and said the league should have warned them that the banned substance, bumetanide, was in the over-the-counter supplement ...
StarCaps -- contaminated with potent diuretic & steroid masking agent bumetanide -- caps 6 NFL stars
grg51.typepad.com 12/3/2008 — The ongoing saga of the "NFL v. 6 players who tested positive for bumetanide v. Starcaps" temporarily culminated yesterday when the league suspended 6 players from the Saints, Vikings, and Texans in the flap. Basically the players ...
The ongoing saga of the "NFL v. 6 players who tested positive for bumetanide v. Starcaps" temporarily culminated yesterday when the league suspended 6 players from the Saints, Vikings, and Texans in the flap. Basically the players ...
FIRST STARCAPS VICTIM NOT SUSPENDED?
www.profootballtalk.com 12/4/2008 — One of the facts that came out in the appeal hearings for the various players who tested positive for Bumetanide after taking StarCaps is that the NFL learned of the possible link between StarCaps and Bumetanide after a player who tested positive for ...
One of the facts that came out in the appeal hearings for the various players who tested positive for Bumetanide after taking StarCaps is that the NFL learned of the possible link between StarCaps and Bumetanide after a player who tested positive for ...
More on NFL Suspensions —
BostonsportZ
Just what everyone loves: more NFL union news. The NFL and NFLPA are heading toward a hell of a legal battle, maybe sooner than previously thought.
The recent suspensions of six NFL players over the Diuretic StarCaps is causing a big to-do around the league. The league circulates a list of ...
NFL Could Rule On Doping Appeals Today —
The National Football Post
By CHARLES ODUM, AP Sports Writer
(AP) — Atlanta Falcons defensive tackle Grady Jackson and several other players could learn on Tuesday the results of their appeals to the NFL of suspensions for a positive doping test.
Angelo Wright, Jackson’s agent, told The Associated Press on ...
No Update on StarCaps Appeals —
Canal Street Chronicles
In an effort to maybe get more information from the NFL about the StarCaps Six and to try and find out at least when we would get a ruling, I emailed Greg Aiello the NFL's Senior VP of Public Relations. You have probably heard his name before in random articles. He was kind enough to quickly ...
StarCaps, and the Playoffs —
Redskins Insider
The suspensions handed down by the NFL on Tuesday for use of a banned diruetic that is an ingredient in a weight-loss product called StarCaps could have major ramifications for the wild-card race. Minnesota lost its twin towers of run-stuffing ...
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