View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law Catholic University Law Review Volume 58 Issue 3 Spring 2009 Article 2 2009 Are Commissioner Suspensions Really Any Different From Illegal Group Boycotts? Analyzing Whether the NFL Personal Conduct Policy Illegally Restrains Trade Marc Edelman Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarship.law.edu/lawreview Recommended Citation Marc Edelman, Are Commissioner Suspensions Really Any Different From Illegal Group Boycotts? Analyzing Whether the NFL Personal Conduct Policy Illegally Restrains Trade, 58 Cath. U. L. Rev. 631 (2009). Available at: https://scholarship.law.edu/lawreview/vol58/iss3/2 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by CUA Law Scholarship Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Catholic University Law Review by an authorized editor of CUA Law Scholarship Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. ARTICLES ARE COMMISSIONER SUSPENSIONS REALLY ANY DIFFERENT FROM ILLEGAL GROUP BOYCOTTS? ANALYZING WHETHER THE NFL PERSONAL CONDUCT POLICY ILLEGALLY RESTRAINS TRADE Marc Edelman+ I. THE PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL MARKETPLACE ......................................... 634 A. NFL History and Core OperatingPrinciples ....................................... 634 B. Commissioner Suspensions ................................................................ 634 C. NFL Personal Conduct Policy ............................................................