Owners file motion to dismiss players' antitrust case

A date is set for the hearing to dismiss the NFL players' antitrust lawsuit against the NFL owners, according to reports.

The owners filed a motion to dismiss the players' lawsuit on Monday and U.S. District Judge Susan Richard Nelson scheduled arguments in that case to begin Sept. 12 — four days after the regular-season is scheduled to open with a Thursday night game between the Packers and Saints and one day after the first Sunday of the regular season.

The owners and the NFL players association are involved in a labor dispute and, while representatives from the two sides met in a suburb of Chicago last week, they do not appear close to making a deal on a new Collective Bargaining Agreement.

Tom Brady and nine other players are named as plaintiffs in the players' antitrust suit, which was filed on March 11 after the owners locked the players out. Nelson ruled in favor the players, briefly lifting the lockout in April, but the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals granted a permanent stay of the lockout and heard arguments in the owners' appeal of Nelson's ruling on June 3. It's not clear when the appellate court will issue a ruling.

 

 

Source: http://www.profootballweekly.com/2011/06/07/owners-file-motion-to-dismiss-players-antitrust-ca

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