The NFL has managed to put a stop to the yearly team report cards put out by the NFLPA. The league informed the 32 clubs that the NFL won its grievance against the NFLPA. The ruling is that the report cards violate the collective bargaining agreement.
ESPN's Adam Schefter acquired a copy of the memo.
Sources: The NFL informed all 32 teams today in a memo that it prevailed in its grievance vs. the NFLPA and its “team report cards.” An arbitrator determined that the NFLPA’s conduct violated the CBA and ordered it to stop making public any future report cards. pic.twitter.com/mss5WUQjhF
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) February 13, 2026
The NFLPA has surveyed the players and has asked them to grade different parts of their working conditions — the owner in terms of willingness to invest in the team, facilities, coaches, amenites, food.
The Arizona Cardinals have ranked at or near the bottom of these report cards for the last three years.
They will now end, at least the very public version of it, where it is published online.
The NFLPA disagrees with the ruling from the arbitor, but the program will continue. It issued a statement that the results will be shared with players and teams. It disagrees with the restriction of making those results public.
Statement on Team Report Cards. pic.twitter.com/m7BSaOJFSf
— NFLPA (@NFLPA) February 13, 2026
What remains to be seen is whether or not those internal communications will make their way to the media, much like the league memo that Schefter obtained.
So we will not get another public report card showing how bad the players think their working conditions are comparatively.
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