Former San Diego Chargers wide receiver Wes...

Former San Diego Chargers wide receiver Wes Chandler testified that at least one striking Charger player, and possibly two others, were paid for their services last Oct. 18, even though they missed the National Football League deadline for reporting that week.

Chandler told an administrative law judge Benjamin Schlesinger of the National Labor Relations Board that kicker Vince Abbott and defensive linemen Mike Charles and Terry Unrein practiced with striking players on the morning of Oct. 14, then walked the picket line well after the reporting deadline for that week had expired.

Yet, evidence presented in court showed that Unrein was on the active roster for the Chargers’ game that Sunday against the Raiders, and Abbott and Charles were on the “exempt list.” Players on that list had to be approved by Commissioner Pete Rozelle and, in most cases, received payment for that week.