The NFLPA has filed a grievance, claiming the NFL and its teams have colluded against its players' pursuit of fully guaranteed deals, sources confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday.
A third-party arbitrator is expected to hear the grievance, which the union filed "in recent weeks," a source told ESPN.
The Athletic first reported that NFL general counsel Jeff Pash sent a memo to NFL teams on Oct. 20 notifying of the union's claim that teams planned to prevent the use of fully guaranteed contracts for "certain quarterbacks" in light of Deshaun Watson's five-year, $230 million fully guaranteed deal with the Cleveland Browns.