Michael A. McCann

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

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 characterize a league and its teams as a single entity, meaning that the...

Feb 9, 2010