{"id":272365,"date":"2025-11-09T16:02:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T16:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/272365\/"},"modified":"2025-11-09T16:02:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T16:02:08","slug":"antitrust-expert-reveals-why-nascar-may-be-in-trouble-against-michael-jordans-23xi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/272365\/","title":{"rendered":"Antitrust Expert Reveals Why NASCAR May Be in Trouble Against Michael Jordan\u2019s 23XI"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michael Jordan\u2019s 23XI Racing scored a major off-track victory against NASCAR<\/a> on November 4, winning a key ruling in its antitrust lawsuit tied to the ongoing charter dispute. Following the partial summary judgment, the organization maintained that while it respects the Court\u2019s decision, it believes the ruling is legally incorrect and plans to contest it at trial and, if necessary, in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.<\/p>\n

The organization reaffirmed its confidence in the charter system and vowed to continue defending it against claims from 23XI and Front Row Motorsports that the system is anticompetitive. Now, in light of the recent partial summary judgment, a leading antitrust expert has weighed in, suggesting that NASCAR may have bitten off more than it can chew this time.<\/p>\n

What Does Michael Jordan\u2019s 23XI Legal Victory Mean for NASCAR\u2019s Future?<\/p>\n

In the courtroom, momentum swung toward MJ\u2019s 23XI and FRM as Judge Kenneth Bell granted their request to define the market as \u201cpremier stock-car racing,\u201d effectively acknowledging NASCAR\u2019s control over the sport\u2019s highest tier, the Cup Series.<\/p>\n

The ruling eliminates the stock car giant\u2019s argument that teams have other racing options, refocusing the case on whether the sanctioning body used its dominance to shut out potential competitors.<\/p>\n

Judge Bell\u2019s Tuesday ruling has only raised the stakes ahead of the December 1 trial, but the NBA<\/a> legend isn\u2019t backing down: \u201cIf I have to fight this to the end for the betterment of the sport, I\u2019d do that.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a bold bid to reshape NASCAR\u2019s power structure, 23XI\/FRM sued the sanctioning body and its Chairman Jim France, arguing that the sport\u2019s current system limits teams\u2019 revenue and influence. The lawsuit, filed on October 2, 2024, in federal court in Charlotte, contends that NASCAR\u2019s business practices violate antitrust law.<\/p>\n

MORE:\u00a0Rick Hendrick and Roger Penske Fight Back As 23XI Lawsuit Threatens To Expose NASCAR\u2019s Inner Secrets<\/a><\/p>\n

Commenting on the teams\u2019 pre-trial success, NYU Law professor Harry First explained<\/a> to Bloomberg, \u201cUnfortunately for (NASCAR), when you file a complaint in antitrust, normally you have to put in your complaint what the relevant market is. So they defined a market which was pretty much the same as the market that Michael Jordan defined.\u201d<\/p>\n

Settlement discussions have taken place over the past few weeks, though it\u2019s still uncertain if they\u2019ll result in a resolution ahead of the December trial. Among the names expected to appear on the witness list is Rick Hendrick, the organization\u2019s 15-time Cup Series championship owner, who marked another title celebration after Kyle Larson\u2019s title triumph.<\/p>\n

With Judge Bell\u2019s recent ruling denying NASCAR\u2019s bid to dismiss the case, the fight now shifts to the courtroom. A jury will ultimately decide whether the sport\u2019s most powerful organization crossed the line in using its dominance to hold onto control.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Michael Jordan\u2019s 23XI Racing scored a major off-track victory against NASCAR on November 4, winning a key ruling…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":272366,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,634,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-272365","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nascar","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-nascar","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/272366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}