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93 U. Colo. L. Rev. 253 (2022)
Ball Never Lies: How Guaranteed Contracts Provide NBA Players More Security than NFL Players to Advocate for Social Justice

handle is hein.journals/ucollr93 and id is 265 raw text is: BALL NEVER LIES: HOW GUARANTEED CONTRACTS PROVIDE NBA PLAYERS MORE SECURITY THAN NFL PLAYERS TO ADVOCATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE Matthew Epstein* , INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................254 I. CURRENT NBA AND NFL CBAS PROVIDE VARYING LEVELS OF JOB SECURITY IN PLAYER CONTRACTS .........256 II. FORMATION OF THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYERS A SSOCIATION ....................................................................262 III. THE CREATION OF THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE AND PLAYERS ASSOCIATION ............................................267 IV. THE HISTORY OF THE NBA AND NFL ALONGSIDE WATERSHED SOCIAL JUSTICE MOVEMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES ..............................................................271 A. Player Activism in the NBA from Its Inception Until the Twenty-First Century ..............................272 B. Player Activism from the Creation of the NFL Until the Twenty-First Century ..............................275 C. Comparing NFL and NBA Responses to Player Participation in Social Justice Reform in the Twenty-First Century ..............................................277 1. NFL and NBA Responses Following George Floyd's Death.......................................................282 V. CONTRACT STRUCTURES PROVIDE NBA PLAYERS WITH MORE JOB SECURITY THAN NFL PLAYERS TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIAL JUSTICE ADVOCACY..................285 C O N CLU SIO N ..............................................................................287

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