 NFLPA, panguva iyoyo yaitungamirirwa nemutungamiri wayo Gene Upshaw uye mutungamiri weNFL Roger Goodell, yakashanda nehunhu hwevatambi muchimiro chekumiswa basa nekuda kwekuita kunze kwenzvimbo muchiedza chekusungwa kwevanopfuura makumi mashanu nemapurisa emunharaunda kubvira kutanga kwemwaka wa2006. Kurohwa kwakanyanya kwakauya musi waApril 10 apo Adam Pacman Jones weTennessee Titans akamiswa basa kwemwaka wose nokuda kwokusungwa kwake kashanu, kwakanyanyisa apo aiva muLas Vegas nokuda kweNBA All-Star Weekendmuna February apo akapomerwa mhosva yokukonzera mhirizhongakupfura mune imwe kirabhu yevasikana vasina kupfeka. Zuva rimwe chetero, Chris Henry weCincinnati Bengals akambomiswa basa pamitambo misere yokutanga yemwaka nokuda kwokukakavadzana kwake negadziriro yemitemo. Rimwe zita guru rakabatwa mumusungo wenharo akanga ari quarterback weFalcons Michael Vick. Vick akapomerwa musi waJuly 24, 2007 nekurwisana kwembwa uye kushungurudzwa kwemhuka, uye akambomiswa basa mushure mekunge apomerwa mhosva iyi, paakatongerwa mwedzi 23 mujeri kubva munaNovember uye makore matatu ekuongororwa musi waDecember 10. 