How will American Needle Supreme Court case impact sports?
Although there have been differing views on how the American Needle case will impact the sports industry, Hillman was joined with the side that it has the potential to chance the entire scope of sports. He noted that it was an interesting and aggressive strategy from the NFL for seeking single-entity status, similar to the anti-trust protection that MLB enjoys. Silverman also conceded that, sure, baseball has some strong monopoly power within itself, but he made a point to say that the competition with other sports and forms of entertainment are still strong. With so much potential for problems, are social media efforts worth the trouble? This was my favorite question of the forum for two reasons: (1) so much of the discussion was in reaction to negatives of social media, so it was a very worth question to consider, and (2) because each panelist had an excellent point to make. • Ford, who had made this point earlier in the panel, highlighted that social media enhances traditional media
