…but if you follow the NFL you may have heard that the Federal 8th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Michael Vick is entitled to keep $16 million in roster bonuses paid to him by the Atlanta Falcons before his dogfighting conviction. The decision was rendered under the court’s oversight of the collective bargaining agreement reached between the NFL and the Players Association in the early 1990s.
The case, which also contains a good summary of the history of the collective bargaining agreement, can be found here:
