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19 UCLA Ent. L. Rev. [i] (2012)

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LAW REVIEW
VOLUME 19               ISSUE 1              WINTER 2012
ARTICLES
All Four Quarters: A Retrospective and Analysis
of the 2011 Collective Bargaining            Process and
Agreement in the National FootballLeague
Chris Deubert, Glenn M. Wong & John Howe..................
The NFL survived the 2011 offseason despite being bombarded by a
sports law perfect storm. The National Football League Players
Association (NFLPA or the Players) decertified itself as the bargaining
representative of NFL players on March 11, 2011, hours before the
expiration of the collective bargaining agreement that the NFL and the
NFLPA agreed to in 2006 (the 2006 CBA). That night, nine current
NFL players and one prospective NFL player, led by New England
Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, filed an antitrust lawsuit against the
NFL and its 32 Clubs.
The Brady lawsuit was just part of a litigious 2011 in professional
football. The NFL responded to the Brady lawsuit with a lockout.
Players could not report to work, Clubs could not have any contact
with players and, eventually, games could have been missed. In
addition to the Brady lawsuit, the Players sought damages related to the
NFL's television contracts that allegedly violated the 2006 CBA,
retired players fought for their rights in the labor negotiations, and the
NFL contended that the NFLPA had failed to bargain in good-faith in a
proceeding before the National Labor Relations Board.
The NFL and NFLPA ultimately reached a settlement of the various

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