The NFL and NFLPA reportedly have come to an agreement on a new leaguewide drug policy, per ESPN's Chris Mortensen, and the union will have its player reps vote to approve the agreement Tuesday.
Mortensen added on ESPN's halftime show of the New York Giants-Detroit Lions game that the vote would have taken place Monday had four player reps — there are two from every NFL team — not been playing in the Monday Night Football Week 1 doubleheader.
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The league and players' union have been negotiating a new drug policy for more than a week, and NFLPA executive director was meeting with Seattle Seahawks players today — the first stop on his 32-team tour. There had been several thorny issues in the union's negotiations with the NFL, per recent reports, including players having to miss a game without pay following an DUI arrest, something the union strongly opposed.
But other sticking points, ones that have caused this new policy to linger for three years since the adoption of a new collective bargaining agreement in 2011, have been bigger. Specifically HGH, performance-enhancing drugs and whether Roger Goodell hears all appeals or whether a neutral arbitrator will get involved in the case.
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Still, the good news is that there is a strong likelihood the league will adopt this policy that has been presented to the players, and that likely means that players such as Wes Welker and perhaps Josh Gordon could see reduced (or even revoked) suspensions retroactively based on the new terms of the policy.
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