Dallas Cowboys News and Rumors
Cowboys and Redskins Lose Appeal of Salary-Cap PenaltiesJudy Battista, nytimes.com The Washington Redskins and the Dallas Cowboys lost their appeal of a the N.F.L.'s decision to dock them millions of dollars in salary cap space over two years. |
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A status report from Cowboys OTAsMay 22, 2012
The Dallas Cowboys' organized team activities began Tuesday, but they aren't open to the media yet. Still, some information trickles out, like this bit of disappointing news about fifth-round pick Danny Coale needing surgery to repair a broken foot. The… |
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The NFL Wins, Because The NFL Always WinsMay 22, 2012
Barry Petchesky, deadspin.com There's no way that any sensible, thinking person who's not an NFL owner can honestly feel that the league acted justly in penalizing the Cowboys and the Redskins for spending their money and structuring their contracts the way they did during the uncap… |
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Why Redskins, Cowboys appeal was deniedMay 22, 2012
The appeal of NFL-imposed cap reductions to the Washington Redskins ($36 million) and Dallas Cowboys ($10 million) has ended. Arbitrator Stephen Burbank dismissed their claims today -- for reasons described below -- and the teams have raised the white f… |
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'See no evil, hear no evil' NFL justiceMay 22, 2012
I don't know. Maybe this is for the best. The effort by the Dallas Cowboys and the Washington Redskins to recover a combined $46 million in salary-cap penalties won't even get off the ground. Stephen Burbank, the NFL's independent arbitrator, granted th… |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com The 12-page ruling issued Tuesday by Special Master Stephen Burbank, a copy of which PFT has obtained, contains a lot of words and citations to legal authority and reasoning and legal mumbo-jumbo. The dismissal of the grievance filed by the Cowboys and… |
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Breakfast links: Mike Jenkins seeking tradeMay 22, 2012
And we're back. Another Tuesday on the NFC East blog, which means I need to stretch my chat muscles so I don't pull anything. Let's get right to the links. Dallas Cowboys I wrote Monday about Mike Jenkins staying away from OTAs and assumed he was doing … |
