(09-23-2017, 09:31 PM)jj82284 Wrote: players do not have constitutional protections as most understand them.  The CBA grants the NFL extraconstitutional powers.  The draft would be unconstitutional, the salary cap, the 3 year rule etc.  In Brady vs. Goodell it was demonstrated that the specific wording in the CBA grants Goodell additional powers that transcend even previous case law on collectively bargained discipline. So there doesn't have to be a "rule" to stand.  Goodell could just declare one or call it whatever violation he wants.  

As to the president, he made a suggestion, not an executive order.  The first amendment also extends to the chief executive