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31 N. Ill. U. L. Rev. 131 (2010-2011)
Kicking Single-Entity to the Sidelines: Reevaluating the Competitive Reality of Major League Soccer after American Needle and the 2010 Collective Bargaining Agreement

handle is hein.journals/niulr31 and id is 137 raw text is: Kicking Single-Entity to the Sidelines: Reevaluating the Competitive Reality of Major League Soccer after American Needle and the 2010 Collective Bargaining Agreement I. INTRODUCTION ..................................... ........ 132 II. THE BALANCE BETWEEN ANTITRUST LAW AND LABOR RELATIONS LAW ....................................................... 137 A. THE SHERMAN ANTITRUST ACT ............................. 137 B. SPORTS LEAGUES' ATTEMPTS TO SIDE-STEP ANTITRUST LIABILITY ............................................... 138 1. The National Labor Relations Act and the Nonstatutory Labor Exemption ......................................139 2. The Single-Entity Defense and the Struggle to Apply Copperweld ........................................140 3. American Needle, Inc. v. National Football League, et al............................................143 III. MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER'S BACKGROUND ................... 146 A. AN OVERVIEW OF MLS'S STRUCTURE AND ITS PLAYERS' CONTRACTS ...................................... ....... 146 B. MLS'S NARROW ESCAPE IN FRASER .................... ....... 148 C. SETTING THE PITCH: THE SINGLE-ENTITY STATUS AND BROWN V. PRO FOOTBALL NEGATIVELY AFFECT COLLECTIVE BARGAINING NEGOTIATIONS IN MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER ................... 150 1. Brown's Effect on Collective Bargaining Negotiations.. 151 2. The Futility of Union Decertification in Light of the Single- Entity League ............................. ...... 153 3. The Futility of Striking in Light of Labor Laws and the Single-Entity League.............................. 155 D. THE 2010 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING NEGOTIATIONS .... ...... 157 IV. ANALYSIS OF THE COMPETITIVE REALITY OF MLS's LABOR RELATIONS ............................................ ..... 160 A. MLS TEAMS ACT WITH A DIVERSITY OF ENTREPRENEURIAL INTERESTS IN THE LABOR MARKET .......................... 162 1. Teams' Technical Director ............ ......... 165 2. The Designated Player Rule ...................... 167 3. Trades ................................... 169 4. Youth Development Teams............ ........... 169 5. Expansion .................................... 170 6. Re-entry Draft............................. 171 131

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