American Needle Won! NFL Exclusive Deals May Be A Thing Of The Past

[aholbert32]

Quote: Originally Posted by pitchingcoach36

Now it goes back to the lower court, where they will simply have to find/cite different precedent to uphold their previous ruling.

I doubt that will happen. Kind of hard to get around this ruling. The high court made it clear that the NFL should be considered 32 different franchises...not one entity.

[aholbert32]

Quote: Originally Posted by patriotsk1d

I just read the article and all it means is each team will have to sell a liecence if the exclusive liecence went down.

What it means is that the NFL will be extremely hesitant to do exclusive deals in the future because it fears an antitrust suit.

[ODogg]

This may not be as great of a thing as you guys think. I wonder if we'll see 2K licensing Buffalo Bills football with the Bills, Browns and other types of teams in the game but teams like the Patriots, Steelers and Cowboys missing. Will this mean individual teams can license out whatever they want and the NFL license is no longer needed?

[RGiles36]

Quote: Originally Posted by ODogg

This may not be as great of a thing as you guys think. I wonder if we'll see 2K licensing Buffalo Bills football with the Bills, Browns and other types of teams in the game but teams like the Patriots, Steelers and Cowboys missing. Will this mean individual teams can license out whatever they want and the NFL license is no longer needed?

Gee, I hope not. Never say never though...

I imagine we'll see plenty of speculation on the part of law-making OSers over the next few days. Will be a treat to read if nothing else.

[thudias]

Quote: Originally Posted by ODogg

This may not be as great of a thing as you guys think. I wonder if we'll see 2K licensing Buffalo Bills football with the Bills, Browns and other types of teams in the game but teams like the Patriots, Steelers and Cowboys missing. Will this mean individual teams can license out whatever they want and the NFL license is no longer needed?

This is what i hope does not happen.

[aholbert32]

Quote: Originally Posted by ODogg

This may not be as great of a thing as you guys think. I wonder if we'll see 2K licensing Buffalo Bills football with the Bills, Browns and other types of teams in the game but teams like the Patriots, Steelers and Cowboys missing. Will this mean individual teams can license out whatever they want and the NFL license is no longer needed?

When it comes to apparel that may be the case but I doubt that will bleed over into video games. Back in the day, you could buy Cowboys hats from Nike, Apex, Starter. Now its just Reebok. We will go back to the days of different hat makers making Cowboys hats.

For video games, its hard as hell to sell a game with only 10 real teams. What will probably happen is the NFL will go back to offering it license to more than one company. When that will happen is anyone's guess.

[beastsofboston]

Quote: Originally Posted by aholbert32

When it comes to apparel that may be the case but I doubt that will bleed over into video games. Back in the day, you could buy Cowboys hats from Nike, Apex, Starter. Now its just Reebok. We will go back to the days of different hat makers making Cowboys hats. For video games, its hard as hell to sell a game with only 10 real teams. What will probably happen is the NFL will go back to offering it license to more than one company. When that will happen is anyone's guess.

Lets hope. This could bring the world of football games back to the old days.

[TheWatcher]

Thanks for posting this, aholbert32******** type=text/javascript> vbmenu_register("postmenu_2041093915", true); .

I can't believe they pulled it off. Incredible!