NEW YORK (AP) — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and players’ union chief DeMaurice Smith met Tuesday to discuss the league’s personal conduct policy.
Neither side released details of the meeting.
The NFL Players Association has been unhappy with what it calls “lack of transparency” in the NFL’s policy. Smith has said the only way to have a fair policy is if the NFL and owners “commit to collective bargaining.”
The NFL counters that the union agreed to the policy during labor negotiations to end the 2011 lockout. That collective bargaining agreement runs through 2021.
The dispute has been ongoing since the end of August, when Goodell increased the minimum punishment for personal misconduct from two games to six. That decision came following Rice’s suspension for two games for punching his then-fiancee (now wife) Janay in a casino elevator.
Last week, the league suspended Vikings running back Adrian Peterson for the rest of the season for using a wooden switch to discipline his 4-yearold son.
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