The players are defending on appeal a district court’s preliminary injunction halting a lockout imposed by the owners. The lockout came after negotiations on a new collective-bargaining agreement fell apart, and players decertified their union. In Brady v. NFL, the players contend the lockout violates federal antitrust laws. Ten players in all are listed on the complaint, chosen because they collectively represent all of the subclasses — players under contract (like Brady), free agents (like Manning) and rookies (like Von Miller).
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit will hear arguments. The judges recently signaled that their sympathies may lie with the owners, ruling, 2-1, on May 16 to stay an injunction pending the outcome of the owners’ appeal. The majority said the owners’ arguments that the injunction was illegal were likely to succeed.
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