The National Football League and the NFL Players Association are involved in negotiations for a new contract ahead of the 2019 football season, which kicks off Sept. 5. Ezekiel Elliott of the Dallas Cowboys and Los Angeles Chargers’ star Melvin Gordon—two of the leagues’ best running backs—are currently holding out from training camp in an effort to improve their contracts.
Now a new organization calling itself the International Brotherhood of Professional Running Backs has filed a petition with the federal labor board asking that running backs be severed from the Players Association and formed into a new union.
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