MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -The NFL is asking an appeals court to reconsider a federal judge’s order that blocked the suspensions of five players for violating the league’s anti-doping policy.
Attorneys for the NFL on Monday filed notice they were asking the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals to take up the issue.
U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson in St. Paul, Minn., said earlier this month he needed more time to consider the case. Magnuson cleared the way for Kevin Williams and Pat Williams of the Minnesota Vikings, and Charles Grant, Deuce McAllister and Will Smith of the New Orleans Saints to continue playing at least until an order was issued.
The players were suspended for four games each after testing positive for a banned diuretic in the dietary supplement StarCaps.
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