Marquette Sports Law Review Volume 12 Article 8 Issue 2 Spring Media Leagues: Australia Suggests New Professional Sports Leagues for the Twenty-First Century James B. Perrine Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarship.law.marquette.edu/sportslaw Part of the Entertainment and Sports Law Commons Repository Citation James B. Perrine, Media Leagues: Australia Suggests New Professional Sports Leagues for the Twenty-First Century, 12 Marq. Sports L. Rev. 703 (2002) Available at: http://scholarship.law.marquette.edu/sportslaw/vol12/iss2/8 This International Perspective is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals at Marquette Law Scholarly Commons. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. MEDIA LEAGUES: AUSTRALIA SUGGESTS NEW PROFESSIONAL SPORTS LEAGUES FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY JAMES B. PERRINE* INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................. 707 CHAPTER ONE-DEVELOPMENT AND STRUCTURE OF TRADITIONAL PROFESSIONAL SPORTS LEAGUES: THE NEED FOR COLLECTIVE ACTION AMONG INDEPENDENT CLUBS .............................................. 710 I. TRADITIONAL PROFESSIONAL SPORTS LEAGUES IN THE UNITED. STATES ................................................................................................ 710 A. BarnstormingTeams ................................................................... 710 B. TraditionalProfessional Sports Leagues .................................... 710 II. TRADITIONAL PROFESSIONAL SPORTS LEAGUES IN AUSTRALIA ......