Hines Ward says the NFL players have the new collective bargaining agreement to blame for Roger Goodell being in charge of player discipline. Ward told radio station WFNZ in Charlotte that Steelers players, some targeted multiple times by the commissioner for allegedly illegal hits, did not sign off on the CBA in large part because of Goodell's power to discipline players. "So Roger Goodell, even though a lot of players don't like having him in charge, the NFLPA, we signed off on the collective bargaining agreement," said Ward. "And it should be noted that we were the only team who voted against it, and that was a major factor because of how we are fined on our team. In order to go to the appeal committee, we had to go right back to Roger Goddell. So that was one of the big things that we voted no against because we just felt like it was going to be unfair. "But to the rest of the teams that did vote for the CBA, he's in charge, and those are the rules, and that's what you have to abide by because that's what you signed up for."