Bentley v. Cleveland Browns Football Co., L.L.C.

Patricia Ann Blackmon, Presiding Judge.

{¶ 1} Appellant Cleveland Browns Football Company, L.L.C. appeals the trial court’s denial of its motion to compel arbitration and assigns the following error for our review:

I. When it denied the Cleveland Browns their right to enforce the alternative dispute resolution clauses of the NFL Player’s Contract of Plaintiff-Appellee LeCharles Bentley and the Collective Bargaining Agreement, the trial court erred as a matter of law under Chapter 2711 of the Ohio Revised Code, which embodies Ohio’s strong policy in favor of arbitration, and Section 301 of the…