U.S. High Court Won’t Hear NFL’s Arbitration Question In Coach’s Race Bias Suit

( May 26, 2026, 1:58 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A divided U.S. Supreme Court on May 26 denied a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by the National Football League and three teams concerning the enforceability of arbitration agreements that designate the NFL commissioner as the default arbitrator and allow the commissioner to develop the arbitral procedures after the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed a trial court’s partial denial of the arbitration motion....