Quote:It's a corporation which is antitrust exempt. They also publicly collectively bargain with the NFLPA. Those terms are public knowledge. The reporting can be very generic in nature, and would not pertain to a certain player, but to the system as a whole. Yet, there is no talk about the process, and what's going on, and where Blackmon stands, which can be told in very generic terms without violating any confidentiality.

 

If the issue involves some sort of medical situation, which in this case it does, there's not a whole lot they can share. 

 

To add to that, if the player isn't doing what he needs to do to get reinstated, there's nothing the league can do to report on that because again, it's a medical issue. 

 

There's no conspiracy here.  We'll know what we need to know when it's time to know it.  If/when he applies for reinstatement, it will be news.  Until he does, there's nothing to talk about.

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