Packers players approve union decertification
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Updated: November 29, -0001
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -- Green Bay Packers players are the latest team to give the NFL Players Association approval to decertify in the event of a lockout next year.
George Atallah, the NFL Players Association's assistant executive director of external affairs, says players voted to decertify in a meeting Monday afternoon.
Decertification would give players the right to sue the NFL under antitrust laws if there is a lockout, a threat that could strengthen the players' position in talks over a new collective bargaining agreement.
Each team's players must approve the measure, but the votes are considered largely procedural.
