Players union sues league, claiming collusion
The NFL Players Association filed a lawsuit on Thursday aiming to reopen a 2011 settlement, claiming the league colluded in creating a secret $123 million salary cap in 2010, multiple media outlets reported.
Arguments were heard on Thursday in Minneapolis in front of U.S. District Judge David S. Doty.
The players union claims owners violated an agreement that required uncapped salaries for the 2010 season and is seeking $3 billion in damages, according to Bloomberg.
"We are here because of a startling, astonishing revelation," Jeffrey Kessler, a lawyer for the players, told the judge, according to Bloomberg. "It never occurred to us that there was collusion over a secret salary cap."
Gregg Levy of Covington & Burling, a lawyer for the league, told the judge that the players union wants to reinterpret the terms of a settlement that helped to end a lockout.
The NFL claims the new Collective Bargaining Agreement prevents the players union from suing.
