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Fixing The Dent: How Nfl Owners Closed The Door To Civil Common Law Liability, Zachary Okun
Fixing The Dent: How Nfl Owners Closed The Door To Civil Common Law Liability, Zachary Okun
Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal
With a new, eleven-year Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) upon us, this paper will discuss in Section II what a CBA is, the purpose CBAs serve, and the function and historical treatment of the NFL’s CBA by the courts. Section II will also explain the NFL arbitration process, the reason the NFL fights so hard to enforce arbitration, and why the players should have been more cognizant of the provisions within the CBA which act to insulate the NFL and its Clubs from common law tort liability. Section III will discuss the NFL’s historical reliance of the LMRA §301 preemption defense; …