Top 5 Sports Law Controversies to Watch in 2022 - Yahoo Sports
With a baseball labor brawl, an aggrieved ex-NFL coach, crumbling college amateurism and a pandemic that won’t go away, sports attorneys have much in store in 2022. Here are the five most significant topics and how they could play out.
MLB Lockout Could Turn Legal and Political
Earlier this month, Major League Baseball initiated a lockout, separating players from their employment and barring them from club activities and facilities. Trades involving MLB players and free agent signings are off-limits. Borrowing a play from the NBA’s 2011 lockout, MLB even stripped players’ images from MLB.com.
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The lockout could end before spring training and be quickly forgotten. The two sides could compromise on rules governing teams’ payrolls, player service time and other divisive topics. There would be a rush to sign free agents and make trades, which would excite fans.
Or the lockout could linger into the season and alienate fans. In that scenario, judges, bureaucrats and politicians could play instrumental roles.
If MLBPA believes that MLB isn’t making a good faith effort to bargain or is using the lockout to impose new terms, MLBPA could file an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board. The NLRB, in turn, could issue a complaint against MLB and seek an injunction with a federal judge.
MLBPA could disclaim interest (decertify) in representing MLB players, thereby enabling those players to sue MLB under antitrust law. While MLB enjoys a historical exemption from antitrust law, the exemption does not, pursuant to the Curt Flood Act of 1998, apply to labor matters involving MLB players. The exemption is now also at issue in a new federal lawsuit brought by four minor league teams. MLB could hire replacement players.
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