Word: porter
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Last fall, Porter testified by deposition that his discussion included "hypotheses" about issues like offering contracts to USFL and college players, and keeping the USFL from obtaining television contracts, Steinberg said...
...Porter was commissioned by the NFL to discuss his specialty, business competition, at a meeting of 65 NFL representatives, including owners and general managers of the 28 teams...
...Porter was asked to give a speech about competitive behavior couched in terms of NFL and USFL," said Laura Steinberg, Porter's attorney. "In that talk Professor Porter had been asked what ways NFL could suppress the USFL...
...Porter had also been retained by the NFL as a consultant, and he prepared a case study of the NFL-USFL rivalry for his students, said William Hokanson, spokesman for the Business School. He called it "more or less the private outside activity of Professor Porter...
...suit, filed in the New York Southern Division of the U.S. District Court, is expected to continue for six to eight weeks. Other witnesses could include sportscaster Howard Cosell, N.Y. Gov. Mario M. Cuomo and many football stars. Attorneys have not determined whether Porter will be asked to appear personally in addition to submitting a deposition...