As Mike noted below, the Supreme Court granted cert today in American Needle v. NFL and will review the Seventh Circuits holding that the NFL and its teams act as single entity when promoting NFL football through licensing teams intellectual property. We have been tracking and discussing this case since the district court ruled for the NFL back in October 2007 (and then debating it in the Tulane Mardi Gras Moot Court Competition), and I wanted to emphasize one point as we continue to follow this case through the Supreme Court: The NFLand other professional sports leagues in the U.S.have a tremendous amount to gain from the Supreme Courts decision, but not much to lose.

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