In the past month the NFLPA has been able to resolve two different cases in which a club has suspended a player. We negotiated a favorable settlement for Plaxico Burress after he was suspended for two weeks by the Giants, and this past weekend we were able to get Kellen Winslow's suspension by the Browns rescinded. In both cases, the clubs knew they would have to justify their actions to a neutral arbitrator under our non-injury grievance procedure, since we had every intention of going through our grievance system to challenge the club's actions. Unfortunately, we do not have neutral arbitration for league discipline, and our success in challenging discipline for on-field conduct or for violations of the league's personal conduct policy has been minimal. League discipline is appealed to the NFL Commissioner or his appointee, and it is not likely that the league is going to disagree with itself when appeals are heard. It is clear from our ongoing team meetings that players see league discipline as becoming more and more excessive, and that the best way to address the problem is to insist that the next CBA require neutral arbitration for league discipline as well.