Second Circuit’s NFL Arbitration Ruling Extends to the Boardroom

Authors

• N. Jeremi Duru, American University Washington College of LawFollow

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Abstract

The Second Circuit last week threw out the National Football League’s playbook when it rejected the league’s efforts to force former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores’ race discrimination claims into arbitration.

After ruling that Flores’ employment agreements that he signed with various teams over the years contain an “unenforceable” arbitration requirement giving NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell final authority over arbitration disputes, the court could end up being a “magnet for anyone who wants to challenge an employment decision in the NFL,” said Jodi Balsam, professor of clinical law at Brooklyn Law School and an arbitrator for the Forum of Arbitration & Independent Resolution Sport.

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Professor Duru was quoted Bloomberg Law News

External Links

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/second-circuits-nfl-arbitration-ruling-extends-to-the-boardroom

Source Publication

Bloomberg Law

Repository Citation

N. J. Duru, Second Circuit’s NFL Arbitration Ruling Extends to the Boardroom, Bloomberg Law (2025).
Available at: https://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/pub_disc_media/626