antitrust exemption Stories - Niners Nation
American Needle pt. 3: "I Got Yer 'Single Entity' Right Here!"
(For more extensive background info on this case, see here and here. No, really, go ahead and read those. We'll all sit here and wait while YOU catch up. Everyone is on YOUR schedule, I guess.) On Monday, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in American Needle, Inc. v. National Football...
The Uncapped Season, Collective Bargaining, and You
In what I hope is more an indictment of the Arkansas public education system than the state's legal system, there's currently a local attorney running a commercial for people who have been in an auto accident with a "big rig" (his term, not mine). This would not be noteworthy at all were it not...
(Follow-Up) American Needle, Inc. v. National Football League: The Sky Appears To Still Be Intact
[See original post here for background info] Oral arguments were held Wednesday in American Needle, Inc. v. National Football League. While we won't have an actual ruling handed down for a while -- I still think this will be a last-day-of-the-term decision if the NFL wins on any but the narrowest...
American Needle, Inc. v. National Football League: Apocalypse Soon?
I don't mean to alarm anyone, but there's a chance -- depending on the whims of a couple septuagenarians -- that much of the NFL world as we know it could come to an end. I'm not talking about the potentially uncapped 2010 season, either. Instead, I'm talking about a United States Supreme Court...
NFL Labor situation: Going to get worse before it gets better?
While this is a 49ers-specific website, there are bigger issues that will affect the entire NFL, and thus the 49ers as well. The labor situation is the big one. As each day passes, new stories come out that seem to reflect greater and greater sabre-rattling. Today, ESPN is reporting that...
US Supreme Court to hear NFL apparel licensing case
A few days ago the NFL and American Needle Inc. both appealed to the United States Supreme Court for a decision regarding antitrust issues and the NFL's exclusive licensing deal with Reebok. Although the Supreme Court has gone into recess for the summer, ESPN is reporting that the Supreme Court...
The Rivalry Scholar - Should Congress Intercept the Bowl Championship Series?
For those of you who took note of my short absence from on the site, I spent the last week tightly sequestered in my small, Victorian apartment, hammering out and fine-tuning the final draft of my law review Note. In between lukewarm sips of black coffee, and red-eye gleaming 2:00 a.m. bursts,...
The History of Baseball's Antitrust Exemption
Over the last two weeks, we have gone over some of the history of major league baseball. In Expansion Part I we looked at the origins of the American and National Leagues. In Expansion Part II, we looked at how and why baseball moved west, and we detailed the breakneck pace of expansion and...
Marvin Miller and the How Free Agency Came to Baseball, Part II
In Part I we looked at the history of labor unions in baseball, and the changes that Marvin MIller wrought in a short team as the president of the Major League Baseball Player's Association. Today, we see how Curt Flood paved the road for the eventual creation of free agency, and how Miller won...
Marvin Miller and the How Free Agency Came to Baseball, Part I
UPDATE: Part II of this article can be found here. Last week we looked at the History of the American and National leagues in two parts (part I, part II). This week we will look at the history of labor unions in baseball, and focus on the impact that Marvin Miller had on the game. We will examine...
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