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NFLPA Files Federal Collusion Charge Against NFL Due Stemming From '10 Season05 / 23 / 12The NFLPA filed a federal collusion charge against the NFL because of the league’s alleged agreement not to frontload salaries during the '10 season that had no salary cap. The complaint alleges it cost the players at least $1B. However, it is unclear given the current CBA includes language wi... Tags: Leagues and Governing Bodies, NFL |
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NFL Votes To Make Knee, Thigh Pads Mandatory In '13
NFL owners voted yesterday to make knee and thigh pads mandatory, but the NFLPA "quickly responded that changes such as those need to be collectively negotiated, opening another of several battlefronts between the league and the union," according to Sam Farmer of the L.A. TIMES. The issue of mandato ...
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Stern Talks About In-Arena Experience, NBA TV
NBA Commissioner David Stern attended the cable industry's annual convention in Boston this morning and spent much of his time talking about how to improve the in-game experience at the NBA's arenas. Following his appearance on a general session panel, he held an impromptu press conference with medi ...
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Report: Hunter Used Union Funds To Overthrow NBRPA
NBPA Exec Dir Billy Hunter “utilized union funds to support former NBA forward Charles Smith's attempt to overthrow the National Basketball Retired Players Association,” and the move was “one of several maneuvers that inspired union president Derek Fisher to call for a business rev ...
NFL Refs Ask League To Agree To Mediation
The Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service has been asked to participate in the ongoing labor talks between the NFL Referees Association and the NFL for a new CBA, NFLRA General Counsel Michael Arnold confirmed last night. Arnold said that the referees' union, which represents 121 NFL game ref ...
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State Seizes Control Of NYRA
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo “took control of horse racing in the state on Tuesday, announcing that he was creating a new board to replace the New York Racing Association,” according to Joe Drape of the N.Y. TIMES. NYRA “agreed to the arrangement that will place it under the control ...
F1 Going Ahead With Singapore IPO
Private equity firm CVC Capital has sold a $1.6B stake in F1 "to three investors" ahead of the racing circuit's planned $3B IPO in Singapore, according to sources cited by Azhar & Barreto of REUTERS. The deal “sets a benchmark valuation of at least $7 billion for the company as financial a ...
NFL Wants Court To Toss Part Of Lawsuit
The NFL told a federal court yesterday it will be asking to toss part of a lawsuit filed by retired players against the league seeking licensing payments for their use in NFL video products. The one-page filing did not say what part of the case the league would try to have dismissed. The Minnesota f ...
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NASCAR Partners With EPA
NASCAR and the EPA yesterday announced they have formed a partnership to "find and promote more environmentally friendly products and initiatives, and to raise awareness of the importance of environmental protection," according to a front-page piece by Dinah Voyles Pulver of the Daytona Beach NEWS-J ...
USFL Hopes To Court In-Between Players
EndZone Sports Management Founder Jaime Cuadra, whose company recently bought a controlling interest of the USFL, said that he “sees an opportunity to develop a winning business model to serve players caught between the NFL and arena leagues,” according to Aaron Fentress of the Port ...
League Notes
In Vancouver, Tony Gallagher wrote NHLers in the upcoming CBA talks "don't have any real demands other than they would love to see escrow payments disappear." Meanwhile, the "small-market power base" of NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman would "like to see a lower floor and a narrower range between floor ...
