This thread is for the posting of the official grievance by Pittsburgh regarding the league release of free agents as a result of no list being received from the organization by the salary cap deadline of 7 PM yesterday.

Please do not post in this thread. I will post the grievance as received, then I will post the Executive Committee decision, then I will give Pittsburgh a chance to respond to the decision. Once Pittsburgh has responded, or after 24 hours, whichever comes first, this thread will be closed.

If you feel the need or desire to discuss this further, please do so in the "Latest Salary Cap Issues" thread, where discussion has already begun.

Official Grievance Filed by Pittsburgh

1. I publically notified you that I would be turning in my list of cuts, that it would be coming on or around the exact deadline. you knew that I had a list and that it would be coming close to or at the deadline.

2. I contacted you and established a communication with you five minutes before the deadline and made it clear I was contacting you with the clear intent to go over with you my list of cuts. in the process of sitting down with me over Tuff stuff, you abruptly said "oh sorry too late" and ceased communication.

3. my trade with Zooboy was completed before the deadline (two minutes early) which was the only outstanding "real" trade I had under consideration. you maintained that I was dragging my feet, trying to make trades, which simply was not true.

4. you released players without my approval or consent, which is apparently your right by Tuff rules. unfortunately one of those players was a franchise player and one I did not wish to release. Tuff rules state that a franchise player cannot be released, only traded. you broke one rule for no apparent reason, since you could have easily released other players not under franchise category.

5. a technicality and one I won't press, because it was implied though not stated: you did not state WHEN the deadline was, clearly - merely 7:00 PM. you did not mention a time zone. though it was clear you implied YOUR time zone, it could well have been misinterpreted that you meant Mountain Time or California time or whatever. again, I know what you meant and made it clear that my intent was to be in by the deadline, so I will not press this issue.

I believe I have proven my intent to deliver the list and ask the High Council to reconsider their actions.