Case 1:17-cv-06761-KPF Document 55 Filed 10/31/17 Page 1 of 2

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DOCUMENT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ELECTRONICALLY FILED
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: DATE FILED: October 31, 2017
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NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE :
MANAGEMENT COUNCIL, :
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Plaintiff, : 17 Civ. 6761 (KPF)
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v. : ORDER
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NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PLAYERS :
ASSOCIATION, :
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Defendant. :
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KATHERINE POLK FAILLA, District Judge:

The Court is in receipt of the Emergency Motion for an Injunction

Pending Appeal filed in this matter by the National Football League Players

Association (NFLPA). (Dkt. #52). The Court was surprised to receive this

filing, as the Court had explicitly provided a stay in its October 30, 2017 Order

and Opinion in order to permit either side promptly to appeal its decision to the

Second Circuit and seek relief from that Court precisely so that the issue

could be resolved before the close of business on Wednesday, November 1,

2017. (See Dkt. #51).

For the Court to grant the NFLPAs motion for a stay at this stage would,

in effect, be to reverse its decision of last evening denying the NFLPAs motion

for injunctive relief. The NFLPAs memorandum in support of its motion for a

stay, which memorandum focuses largely on semantic differences and

non-precedential decisions, does not cause the Court to question its conclusion
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that, under the relevant precedent, the NFLPA has failed to demonstrate a

substantial question on the merits and a balance of hardships tipping

decidedly in its favor on this record. Accordingly, the motion is DENIED.

SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 31, 2017

New York, New York __________________________________
KATHERINE POLK FAILLA
United States District Judge