U.S. District Judge Ginger Berrigan, who is hearing the case, has said she found the league's handling of the bounty matter to be unfair to the players and their punishments excessive, but she has also said she is not yet comfortable that federal courts have jurisdiction to rule on a process that was collectively bargained between the union and the league.
NFLPA asks for restraining order in bounty case →
Earlier this week, U.S. District Judge Ginger Berrigan lamented the failure of settlement talks in the case and wrote that she was concerned there were competing agendas among lawyers on all sides in the dispute that were undermining the interests of the players.
NFL filings detail scuttled bounty rehearing →
