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More Than Just Spelling: How Differences In International Labor Laws Create Barriers To Expansion Of The American National Sports Leagues Into Europe, Anna E. Larson
Anna E Larson
For decades now, all four of the U.S. National Sporting Leagues have been discussing a potential international expansion into Europe. Exhibition games have been scheduled abroad to increase interest. Plans have been created to decrease the number of times teams would have to travel between continents to play. Provisions regarding international expansion have even been entered into several of the leagues’ Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA). However, one large roadblock remains: international labor laws. As recent events in the NFL have shown us, the nature of a country’s labor law can have a monumental effect on how bargaining progresses. Without the …