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https://sports.yahoo.com/colin-kaep...tion-10-teams-figures-targeted-214635086.html
Sounds like a few skeletons in the closet getting rattled.
In the larger sense, have to wonder how the sponsors impacted from this suit and falling Interest from controversy will impact player/team/league reputations and the league's bottom line.
An NFL source familiar with discovery requests made this week told Yahoo Sports that “agitation” over the Kaepernick grievance is already building within the league’s legal department, which is building a defense hand-in-hand with heavy-hitting international law firm Covington & Burling.
The source said league lawyers fielded a slew of discovery requests this week, including depositions or records requests involving NFL owners, teams or coaches.
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[Papa John's] Schnatter made some unexpected remarks ripping the NFL’s leadership in the national anthem controversy this week. That has brought more focus to his relationship with Jones, a major Papa John’s stakeholder, and what role the Cowboys’ owner may have had in the statements. Jones has been one of the league’s staunchest critics of national anthem protests this season.
Another interesting public relations wrinkle is the league’s use of Covington & Burling against the grievance. That Covington & Burling is fighting for the league is no surprise as the NFL has a decades-long relationship with the firm. But it’s notable that one of the partners at Covington & Burling is former Attorney General Eric Holder, a staunch civil rights supporter in former President Barack Obama’s administration.
Sounds like a few skeletons in the closet getting rattled.
In the larger sense, have to wonder how the sponsors impacted from this suit and falling Interest from controversy will impact player/team/league reputations and the league's bottom line.