NFL Lockout Update: The Court is Still Silent and Uncertainty Abounds
Last week, I read a lot of commentary about how it would only take the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals just a few days to decide whether it would continue the stay it issued that permitted the NFL lockout to continue. Well, so far, we have heard nothing from the court and last week has come and gone.
Remember, the appeals court is considering whether it will issue a permanent stay of the Judge Nelson's decision invalidating the lockout. The appeals court has the authority to accept the NFL's appeal and freeze Judge Nelson's decision while it considers the legal merits of the appeal.
While, the appeals court's ruling remains unclear, what we do know its that the judges' decision to grant the "temporary stay" was a hotly contested 2 to 1 ruling. The decision also included a stinging dissent of the temporary stay. We can fairly conclude that the decision whether to grant a permanent stay will be equally as divisive and heated. We also know it has already taken longer then expected.
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