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19 UCLA Ent. L. Rev. [i] (2012)

handle is hein.journals/uclaetrlr19 and id is 1 raw text is: UCLA ENTERTAINMENT LAW REVIEW VOLUME 19 ISSUE 1 WINTER 2012 ARTICLES All Four Quarters: A Retrospective and Analysis of the 2011 Collective Bargaining Process and Agreement in the National FootballLeague Chris Deubert, Glenn M. Wong & John Howe.................. The NFL survived the 2011 offseason despite being bombarded by a sports law perfect storm. The National Football League Players Association (NFLPA or the Players) decertified itself as the bargaining representative of NFL players on March 11, 2011, hours before the expiration of the collective bargaining agreement that the NFL and the NFLPA agreed to in 2006 (the 2006 CBA). That night, nine current NFL players and one prospective NFL player, led by New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, filed an antitrust lawsuit against the NFL and its 32 Clubs. The Brady lawsuit was just part of a litigious 2011 in professional football. The NFL responded to the Brady lawsuit with a lockout. Players could not report to work, Clubs could not have any contact with players and, eventually, games could have been missed. In addition to the Brady lawsuit, the Players sought damages related to the NFL's television contracts that allegedly violated the 2006 CBA, retired players fought for their rights in the labor negotiations, and the NFL contended that the NFLPA had failed to bargain in good-faith in a proceeding before the National Labor Relations Board. The NFL and NFLPA ultimately reached a settlement of the various