Following the beginning of the “lockout” in the NFL, the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) decertified itself as a labor union — meaning that it no longer represents the players to the team owners.
According to the National Football Post, the NFLPA announced within moments of decertifying that they “will move forward as a professional trade association with the mission of supporting the interests and rights of current and former professional football players.”
Essentially, this announcement was to signal that they have downgraded their status so that the players can begin litigation. This move was all about the lawsuits with a specific goal. Break the owners in the court room and force the owners to do what the NFLPA wants.
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