Jeffers v. D'ALLESSANDRO

GEER, Judge.

Plaintiff Patrick Jeffers appeals from the trial court’s order compelling arbitration and the court’s subsequent judgment confirming the arbitrator’s award dismissing his claim against defendants Richardson Sports Limited Partnership and PFF, Inc. (collectively “the Carolina Panthers”). It is undisputed that Jeffers, a former player for the Carolina Panthers, was subject to the NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement (the “CBA”) entered into by the NFL Management Council and the NFL Players Association. The primary issue at the trial level was, and on appeal is, whether Jeffers’…