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BREAKING: NBAPA to dissolve, sue NBA
In what is simultaneously shocking and the likeliest outcome of these last several weeks all along, the NBAPA has officially voted to dissolve itself as the negotiating body of the players and to sue the NBA in antitrust court. They've retained David Boies, who once argued in favor of Al...
The Plot Thickens with the UFC, the Culinary Union, and the Federal Trade Commission
One of the UFC's biggest fights is not between its fighters, but in New York where Zuffa continues to push for the legalization of MMA. For fans, it's an easy sell. The idea of two UFC fighters squaring off at the iconic Madison Square Garden feels like the cultural footprint the sport needs to...
Utah vs. The BCS: A Primer
Football, money and lawsuits seem to occupy our sports headlines today. The NFL lockout continues, the NBA negotiations stall and the Dodgers are under league management with their owner threatening to sue. The lines between professional and big-time college athletics appear to be blurring with...
Lot of College Football Changes Comin'; NCAA Best be Payin' Them Some Mind
On Tuesday, Year2 wrote this: So by any sensible measure, ULM doesn't belong on the top level of football. Not only has it been nowhere close to contending on a national level, it have seldom been competitive in the nation's worst conference (the Sun Belt). It's probably time to make a change. The...
College Football Playoffs and the Mountain West's Rise: Why a Government Flunky's Watered-Down Letter to a Showboating Senator Poses No Threat to the BCS
It is said that a drowning man will reach even for the tip of a sword, which may explain why proponents of a Division I-A college football playoff, despite being stymied at every turn and facing monolithic opposition to their position by everyone in a position of authority regarding the sport’s...
(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 v. NFL and the future of professional sports
Picture the following situations: After three years of a top-rated defense Greg Manusky gets interviewed for a head coaching job. He wants to take the job but because of the league's monopoly he can't negotiate a price--he has to accept the slotted amount for a head coach. In two years Patrick...
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...
49ers Year-by-Year: 1982
What follows is a brief historical recap of the San Francisco 49ers' 1982 season. Coming off of the team's first ever Super Bowl victory, how would the 49ers respond to their success? What repercussions would an impending player strike have on the season? How would the season affect Bill Walsh's...
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