The Yale Law Journal

Michael A. McCann

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American Needle v. NFL: An Opportunity To Reshape Sports Law

Michael A. McCann

119 Yale L.J. 726 (2010). 

In American Needle v. National Football League, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether, and to what extent, section 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act regulates a professional sports league and its independently owned franchises. For the first time, the Court could charac…