NFL salary cap will get $1.5M bump after union complaint

The NFL's salary cap will get an additional boost of more than $1.5 million per team next season following an arbitration victory by the players union.

An additional $50 million or so will be available for teams to spend. The official salary cap has not been determined, but before the ruling it was expected to rise by at least $10 million from the $143.5 million ceiling of last season.

The arbitrator's ruling was made last week but not announced until Tuesday.

The NFL calls the adjustment a technical accounting matter. The NFL Players Association contends the league miscalculated or was hiding money due the players.

The union calculated the money excluded exceeded $100 million over three years.

"Our union will always look to enforce our economic rights under the collective bargaining agreement," the NFLPA said in a statement.

The issue was whether specific revenue the league called exempt from being applied toward the salary cap actually should be counted.

Jaguars defensive end Dante Fowler is being investigated by the NFL team for an incident caught on video where he stood by while his child's mother and his current girlfriend fought.

TMZ.com posted the video of the incident Monday.

"We broke the story … the Jacksonville Jaguars defensive end refereed a fight between his baby mama and his current girlfriend in a public area at an apartment complex in Florida earlier this month," TMZ reported.

Fowler, a former Florida Gator, also released a statement Monday.

"I am embarrassed and have apologized for my actions to everyone involved.

"The video surfacing is a sad reminder that emotions got the best of all of us. I take 100 percent responsibility for everything that happened."

Etc.

Redskins President Bruce Allen voiced what everyone has assumed for quite some time: Robert Griffin III is done in Washington.

In a radio interview, Allen replied "well, no" when asked whether he thinks the 2012 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year will be with the Redskins next season.

Said Allen: "I see Robert getting an opportunity with another team. I think we've heard from some teams that are interested, and I think he's going to have a choice of a couple teams that will let him excel in the future."

• The 49ers signed tight end Garrett Celek to a four-year contract extension. Celek played 11 games last season and started eight for San Francisco. He caught 19 passes for 186 yards and three touchdowns before missing the final month because of an ankle injury.