Not long after the 2025 NFL season ended, a big announcement was made for the league, and especially the players.
As ESPN's Adam Schefter shares, the NFL sent a memo announcing that the NFLPA's "team report cards" violated the CBA, ending the publication of those report cards. This is unfortunate for the players, as these report cards did lead to change.
As ESPN's Seth Wickersham and Don Van Natta Jr. reported in November of 2025, New York Jets owner Woody Johnson was behind the push to end the report cards. And now, with this latest decision, Johnson and the NFL won, ending the public report cards.
Jets' owner Woody Johnson behind NFL putting end to team report cards
Wickersham and Van Natta shared that Johnson had issues with "how they collected the information (and) who they collected it from."
Johnson, whose Jets received the 29th worst grade last season on the NFLPA's report card, and who was the 32nd graded owner in the NFL with an "F" grade, called the report cards "totally bogus."
These public report cards helped make things clear about the team facilities and how these NFL teams operated before, during, and after game day.
Getting these report cards shut down, after the impact they had on improving things for the players, is a tough blow for the NFLPA.
These report cards had an impact and were a significant help for players to get improved facilities and treatment. But now, with the report cards no longer in play, issues underneath the surface will remain hidden.
Johnson was a leading voice to end the report cards, and that came after he was the only "F" graded owner in the NFL in last season's survey.
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The NFLPA's report card shared why Johnson received this low grade: "The Jets' ownership grade dropped from a B- to an F, with Woody Johnson receiving the league's lowest score for contributing to a positive team culture."
Another noteworthy excerpt from last year's survey was that "players believed that management responded to feedback by making conditions worse."
The example they provided was with the food program. According to the NFLPA's report card, the Jets answered the low grades for the food from the prior year with cuts to the food budget and let their dietitian go, who was the highest-graded staff member.
That issue (C- for food/dining area), combined with other problems like a D+ graded locker room and C grades for the training room and the training staff, along with Johnson's F grade, led the Jets to be ranked 29th in what's now the last public report card.
These report cards brought about positive change for the players, and now the NFL has won a grievance to end them, thanks in part to the efforts of Woody Johnson to end the NFLPA's public report card.
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