NFL STATEMENT ON JAMES HARRISON
NFL-NFLPA on-field appeals officer Ted Cottrell upheld the one-game suspension imposed on James Harrison by NFL Executive Vice President Ray Anderson for making impermissible helmet-to-helmet contact with Cleveland quarterback Colt McCoy. Under the NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement, Cottrell is one of two officers jointly appointed and compensated by the NFL and NFLPA to decide the appeals of on-field player discipline. Art Shell is the other NFL-NFLPA appeals officer for on-field violations.
