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The NFL said Monday that arbitrator Stephen Burbank has ruled he does have jurisdiction over Packers DE Anthony Hargrove, who's appealing an eight-game suspension.
Last week, Burbank withheld a decision on jurisdiction on the NFL's ability to discipline Hargrove in connection with the Saints' pay-for-performance scandal.
Burbank ruled June 4 that the NFL had the ability to discipline Saints LB Jonathan Vilma, Saints DE Will Smith and Browns LB Scott Fujita.