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9 Sports Law. J. 1 (2002)
NFL Players Fight for Their Freedom: The History of Free Agency in the NFL

handle is hein.journals/sportlj9 and id is 5 raw text is: NFL Players Fight for Their Freedom: The History of Free Agency in the NFL Scott E. Backman* I. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................ 2 II. DEFING THE PROBLEM .................................................................. 6 A. The OriginaIRestticdons ....................................................... 6 B. Radovich v. N FL ................................................................... 8 C The Rozelle Rule .................................................................... 9 D Form ing a Union ........................................................................ 11 E . K app v. N FL ............................................................................... 11 F M ackey v. N FL ...................................................................... 12 III. FUELING THE FIRE .......................................................................... 17 A. 1977 and 1982 Collective BargainingAgreements ............. 17 B. A Rival League .................................................................... 19 C The 1987Strke .................................................................... 20 D Powell v. N FL ...................................................................... 21 1. Powell L ......................................................................... 2 1 2. Powell II ...................................................................... 23 3. Powell III .................................................................... 24 IV THE KNOCK-OUT PUNCH ............................................................... 27 A . Plan B ....................................................................................27 B. Sacrificing the Union .......................................................... 29 C. M cN eil v. NFL ...................................................................... 30 1. Pretrial Motions (McNeil) .............................................. 31 2. Pretrial Motions (McNeilI) ........................ 33 a. Owners' Summary Judgment Motions ............. 34 i. Single Entity .............................................. 34 ii. Players' Damages ..................................... 35 b. Players' Summary Judgment Motions ............. 35 i. Per Se R ule ................................................. 35 * J.D. 2001, Northeastern University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts. He is a member of the commercial litigation practice group at Ruden, McClosky, Smith, Schuster, & Russell, P.A. in Fort. Lauderdale, Florida. Mr. Backman also has a Master of Science in Sport Management (1998) and a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice (1997) from the University of Florida. The author would like to acknowledge special thanks to Stacey Dogin, Professor of Law at Northeastern University School of Law, for her guidance throughout the process of writing this Article.

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