Jan
22
Gary R. Roberts, dean of the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, says many former players have already sued the league on this issue, and many more potentially could. A hearing on Jan. 26 will involve whether some of these federal lawsuits should be consolidated.
Roberts was the official on-air legal analyst for the NFL Network with respect to the antitrust labor dispute that threatened to cancel the 2011-12 professional football season. The dispute came to an end in August when the league and union signed a new collective bargaining agreement.
Roberts, recognized as one of the foremost experts on sports law and antitrust law in the country, practiced at the firm of Covington and Burling in Washington, D.C.