Competing Single-Entity Tests in American Needle v. NFL and Their Implications for Sports Leagues and Other Joint Ventures

American Needle v. National Football League has been variously dubbed the “most important case in sports history,” , “an opportunity to reshape sports law,”  “a case that could have far-reaching consequences throughout the law of Sherman Act Section 1,”  and “a case that might fundamentally change professional sports and rewrite sports antitrust law.”  The forthcoming U.S. Supreme Court decision in the case could po