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Langdell Professor of Law Phillip E. Areeda '51, one of the country's foremost experts on antitrust law, died on December 24 at Harvard's Stillman Infirmary of leukemia...
Areeda, a resident of Cambridge, dedicated his legal career to the field of antitrust and acquired such expertise in the subject that he was often referred to as an "antitrust guru...
Then there was poor Tagliabue, who explained to the Senators that while there were a number of reasons for the rash of franchise shifts, the main culprit was the 1982 court decision allowing the Raiders to move from Oakland to Los Angeles. "Right now," said Tagliabue, "antitrust law, as it applies to internal commitments among members of sports leagues, is being interpreted in a way that is ripping leagues apart." When the Senators were through with him, Tagliabue subjected himself to the entreaties of the media, most of which went like this: "Commissioner, what do you say to the people...
...early-season prediction by Minnesota Vikings owner Roger Headrick seems to have come true. Responding to Jones' ambush marketing scheme, Headrick said, "You've got chaos; you've got bedlam; you've got...baseball." But there is one aspect of baseball that Tagliabue would love to have: its antitrust exemption. Major league baseball, in part because of that exemption, hasn't had a franchise move since the Washington Senators went to Arlington, Texas, in 1972. Since then, the N.F.L. has faced 10 moves, counting Cleveland, Houston, Chicago and the two New York City teams to New Jersey. As far back...
...threat of an antitrust suit stopped the league from blocking the Rams' move to St. Louis last year, and even now--talk about chutzpah--Al Davis is suing the N.F.L. for trying to prevent his move back to Oakland. So while the N.F.L. is willing to send its lawyers up against those of Jerry Jones, it won't line up over the old antitrust ball with Modell. "Given the current court precedents and the possibility of treble damages in a case decided by a jury in an interested locale," says Tagliabue, "we would be foolish to go to court over...