SLICES: NFL Collusion!

Scott Sigler Slices

Empty Set Entertainment

Fiction, Arts, Science Fiction

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2026

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

On this episode, we look at the recent NFL Collusion scandal, where the NFL Players Association filed a grievance, basically saying: “Hey, we think owners are quietly working together to limit guaranteed contracts.” So did NFL owners secretly agree not to pay players? The careful answer is: The arbitrator reportedly found the league encouraged owners to reduce guaranteed contracts… …but ruled there wasn’t enough evidence proving coordinated collusion between teams. We chat all about it. — Slices is created by Scott Sigler and A B Kovacs — Produced by Steve Riekeberg — Production Assistance by Allie Press — Copyright 2026 by Empty Set Entertainment One Ruling to … Rule Them All Right now, before you do anything else, go grab your own three-year domain registration and don’t forget to use our GoDaddy Promo Code using CJCFOSSIG3, to get up to 99% off the 1st year! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Did NFL owners secretly agree not to pay players?
0:04.5	Allegedly!
0:05.6	Allegedly!
0:06.7	Oh, no, no, no.
0:07.9	It doesn't seem great that we're already starting with allegedly.
0:11.1	Well, due to lawyers involved in the situation, legal constraints of the state of Kentucky, we must say allegedly.
0:18.8	So this is one of the most yes but no stories in sports right now.
0:26.3	I have seen people online absolutely screaming the word collusion, like Charlie Day with the
0:32.4	conspiracy board in Always Sunny in Philadelphia, or Rodney Ruxon in the league, which is quite a wildly famous bit.
0:39.6	If you haven't seen that, search the league and collusion.
0:42.2	Because you'll see this.
0:43.1	You'll see this.
0:44.0	Collusion!
0:45.0	It's just brilliant, brilliant comedian.
0:47.1	And honestly, in this particular situation, the screaming of the collusions, I think that is probably fairly accurate.
0:54.6	Yeah, you do?
0:55.3	Oh, I, for sure.
0:56.5	For sure.
0:56.8	Tell me about it.
0:58.1	All right.
0:58.3	So the gist of this in this slice of the NFL, one NFL team handed out a gigantic, fully
1:06.9	guaranteed contract.
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