Under the new regulations, civilian lawyers are required to sign an agreement to abide by the new tribunal rules.

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But we know he signed an agreement with an NFL franchise that subjected itself, and obligated its players to abide by certain areas of discretion reserved for the Commissioner of the NFL. The interesting question is how far and wide is that discretion.

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