( January 15, 2026, 9:17 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court should hear an appeal concerning the enforceability of arbitration agreements entered into by National Football League coaches as the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) permits parties to select their own arbitration procedures, including arbitrators, the NFL and three teams argue in a petition for a writ of certiorari filed in a race bias putative class suit after a Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled that denial of arbitration was proper based on the provision designating the NFL commissioner as the default arbitrator and allowing the commissioner to develop the arbitral procedures....