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This research paper analyzes how the cases of National Football League (NFL) players Adrian Peterson, Tom Brady, and Ezekiel Elliot have affected the role of the NFL commissioner and the commissioner’s disciplinary authority in the NFL. The Peterson, Brady, and Elliot (hereinafter known as the Trilogy) cases each helped shape how the role of the commissioner and the commissioner’s disciplinary authority in the NFL are being amplified in light of the language used in the current collective bargaining agreement (CBA) negotiated by the NFL and the NFL Players Association (NFLPA) in 2011, legal precedent that limits a court’s ability to review an arbitrator’s decision, the law of the shop, and the CBA’s missing due process protections traditionally found in the courtroom. The findings and implications learned from the Trilogy show that players were unable to secure by lawsuit what they failed to achieve through collective bargaining, and that the holdings in each case highlight the need for the NFLPA to focus on collective bargaining as opposed to litigation in order to secure gains. This is important because the outcome of the Trilogy was not an aberration; it brings professional football in lockstep with the legal standard within labor relations, signaling a need for the NFLPA to change strategy. The Trilogy illustrates the commissioner’s vast authority and conveys the importance of improving the parties’ collective bargaining relationship to negotiate player discipline rules. The Trilogy provides a framework for understanding the commissioner’s vast powers under a broad CBA and an opportunity for both the NFL and the NFLPA to cooperatively revise the player discipline process to curb a consistent stream of high-profile and public challenges of commissioner discipline, possibly encouraging the sides to move away from an adversarial relationship toward more of a partnership for mutually beneficial gain.

Peterson, Brady, and Elliot: Analyzing “the Trilogy” in Light of the NFL Commissioner’s Discipline Authority