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Antitrust

2010

Phoenix School of Law

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Fumbling Away The Season: Will The Expiration Of The Nfl – Nflpa Cba Result In The Loss Of The 2011 Season And Beyond?, Jeffrey Frank Levine Jan 2010

Fumbling Away The Season: Will The Expiration Of The Nfl – Nflpa Cba Result In The Loss Of The 2011 Season And Beyond?, Jeffrey Frank Levine

Jeffrey Frank Levine

This article examines the current negotiations between the NFL and the NFLPA. The article scrutinizes the bargaining history of the parties at great length and discusses the legal/factual issues as well as the arguments vital to this relationship.

After providing the appropriate history and law governing this issue, the authors choose sides and put forth the likely arguments that the labor and management may make during the bargaining process.

The article closes by predicting whether the upcoming case of Am. Needle v. Nat’l Football League will impact the CBA negotiations and whether there will be a lockout.