Judge Rules for NFL, Fanatics Against Small Merch Seller

Fanatics Accused of Conspiring With Leagues, Unions on High Card Prices

A new lawsuit filed in the Southern District of New York contends that Fanatics, the NFL, NFLPA, MLB, MLPBA, NBA, NBPA and OneTeam Partners have illegally conspired to inflate prices and reduce competition in the sports trading card market. Phillip Jones, a resident of Phoenix, Ariz., says when he purchased pro sports trading cards from […]

NFL, Fanatics antitrust lawsuit dismissed

US district court judge Andrew Carter Jr. has dismissed an antitrust lawsuit filed against American football’s National Football League (NFL) relating to the league’s merchandising business

Judge Rules for NFL, Fanatics Against Small Merch Seller

In dismissing a lawsuit over the NFL's restrictions of who can sell its merch and where, the judge said the strategy is not anti-competitive.