NEW YORK (AP) — NFL counsel Jeff Pash says the players’ union is more intent on protecting the New Orleans Saints involved in the team’s bounty scandal than supporting its members who could have been hurt by the pay-for-pain plan.
Speaking to a group of Associated Press Sports Editors, Pash says the union’s approach is “unfortunate.”
He says: “It’s their players who put the safety of other players in jeopardy.”
Union spokesman George Atallah says the players association is obligated “to ensure that players have fair due process.”
