In Bizzare Twist, NFLPA Warns Players, Agents of Fake Website for Votes

In a bizarre twist to the NFL labor situation, it appears that NFL players and agents are involved in some kind of phishing scheme, or at least that’s a possibility. As the players have yet to vote on re-establishing themselves as a union to finalize certain aspects of the upcoming CBA, a rogue website has begun soliciting the players. An email sent to players and agents from Tom DePaso, the NFLPA’s Associate General Counsel, sent a warning: We have received information from players indicating that they are being referred to a website – nflvr.com. The website is asking players to vote to reconstitute as a union and that the players can use the site to facilitate that action. Please be advised that this site is not affiliated with either the NFL or the NFLPA. You should ignore this site and advise your players to do so as well. On the vote… the owners believe that the union can be reconstituted quickly via electronic vote while the NFLPA has said that, just as they did with the...