Well, one of the most fun and transparent things to ever come from the NFL has been killed in court.
On Friday, the NFL sent out a memo to all 32 NFL teams announcing that the grievance against the NFLPA and its “team report cards” was successful. Per the memo, an arbitrator determined that the report cards violate the CBA and ordered the NFLPA to cease the creation of any future report cards.
The movement was spearheaded by Jets owner Woody Johnson, who was one of the worst-graded owners during the report cards’ run. In the final report cards produced last offseason, Johnson was given a “F” grade, making him the only owner amongst the 32 teams to receive that bottom-of-the-barrel mark.
This is honestly terrible news for everyone involved in the NFL aside from the owners who were not graded well by their own players. The transparency was an amazing feature of the report cards and it actually helped spur change amongst teams who have an ownership group that actually want to do better for their players. Numerous teams saw improvements from the first year of the report cards to the second, and they were also massive for helping lure free agents who wanted as much information as possible before choosing a destination.
Now, because of the worst owner in the NFL, they’re gone.
Sorry Jets fans, but you’re stuck with that one.