What are the implications of the decertification of the players’ union? NFL owners have been exempt from antitrust suits by their players on account of the non-statutory labor exemption. In its simplest terms, the non-statutory labor exemption favors union agreements over antitrust laws. (It is the non-statutory labor exemption that ultimately defeated Maurice Clarett’s challenge of the NFL’s [...]
Friday Sports Briefs
August 14, 2009 By Leave a Comment
UFL Set to Play in E. Hartford on November 12 As part of the UFL’s inaugural season, the Florida Tuskers and New York Sentinels will play at Rentschler Field on November 12. The game signifies the possibility that the upstart league will field a team in Hartford in its second year. UConn football is off that week, [...]
MLS Drug Suspension for Conway and Parke
October 17, 2008 By 6 Comments
I never intended to make consecutive soccer related posts, but the breaking news out of New York deserves some attention. For the first time in MLS history, the League has handed down a suspension for use of performance enhancing drugs (the League has had its drug policy for 9 years). New York Red Bulls Goalkeeper [...]
