The squabbles between the NFL and the NFL Players Association (NFLPA) have been well documented, and its shaky relationship faces yet another round as the Players Association recently filed a motion to hold the league and its commissioner Roger Goodell in contempt of court.

"Today, the players filed a motion in Federal Court in the Adrian Peterson matter because the Commissioner and NFL have deliberately ignored both the Court's decision from eleven weeks ago and our repeated requests to comply with that order," NFLPA president Eric Winston said in a release.

Adding, "On February 26th, the NFL was ordered to change their decision in the Peterson matter and reissue a ruling consistent with our collective bargaining agreement. The Union made multiple requests to the League office asking the arbitrator, who serves at the direction of the Commissioner, to comply with the law and avoid further litigation. Despite our attempts, they have done nothing and leave us no choice but to seek this motion.

The delay tactics, inconsistencies and arbitrary decision making of the League has continued to hurt the rights of players, the credibility of the League office and the integrity of the Collective Bargaining Agreement. In the absence of any action by the NFL's governing board of owners, the players have acted to hold the NFL accountable to our players, the CBA and to the law."

The filing comes at the heels of the NFLPA calling for Goodell to recuse himself from Tom Brady's appeal of his deflate-gate related punishment. As noted by SB Nation, Peterson successfully arugued that the league had promised him reinstatement after resolving his child abuse case. He ended his legal concerns by pleading no contest to a misdemeanor charge in November, but the NFL kept him under indefinite suspension until mid-April.

As pointed out by Frank Schwab of Shutdown Corner, the entire point of the NFL's appeal looked to be a means to stall until it could reinstate Peterson at the time they saw fit. Schwab opines the league wanted to make a point, and it appears that the NFLPA wants to make one as well with this most recent move.