Why It’s Time for Raider Nation to Sue ESPN for Defamation

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Published: November 5, 2009

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... years.  The thing is that, the Players Union could not do anything about it, because they agreed to give the NFL Commissioner that power in the Collective Bargaining agreement.

With various people calling for the suspension of Raiders coach Tom Cable such as the National Organization for Women, it has made me wonder something.  Cable is a coach, not a player.  NFL coaches are not bound by collective bargaining agreements.

When did NFL coaches agree to give that power to the NFL Commissioner?

What I don't understand is this, why didn't NOW call for the suspension of Shawne Merriman after he was accused of assaulting a woman?  Why didn't NOW call for the suspension of Ben Roethlisberger for charges of rape?

NOW says that boys and girls look to athletes as role models.  NOW must think that Roethlisberger and Merriman are role-models, because NOW has said nothing about them.

Back to the earlier question.  Most people have agreed that Goodell has be...

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