NLJ: Can you talk about why the players’ union decided to go ahead with the complaint?
Kessler: Right now, the players and the fans … are facing the threat of a lockout and the loss of football next year. We studied the agreements that the league has entered into with the television networks and we believe what the league did was to trade revenues during the term of our collective bargaining agreement exchanged for lockout financing from the networks. We think that trade is a fundamental violation of what, frankly, we negotiated back in 1993 – that old Reggie White settlement agreement that is still in effect. The relief we’re seeking would be, in effect, to escrow that lockout financing so that if there are no games the league and the team won’t be paid. I think the most important relief from the standpoint of the public and fans is … the ability to prevent these illegal provisions from being enforced.