COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

PETER W. RODINO, JR., New Jersey, Chairman

JACK BROOKS, Texas
ROBERT W. KASTENMEIER, Wisconsin
DON EDWARDS, California

WILLIAM L. HUNGATE, Missouri
JOHN CONYERS, JR., Michigan
JOSHUA EILBERG, Pennsylvania
WALTER FLOWERS, Alabama
JAMES R. MANN, South Carolina
PAUL S. SARBANES, Maryland
JOHN F. SEIBERLING, Ohio
GEORGE E. DANIELSON, California
ROBERT F. DRINAN, Massachusetts
BARBARA JORDAN, Texas
RAY THORNTON, Arkansas

ELIZABETH HOLTZMAN, New York
EDWARD MEZVINSKY, Iowa
HERMAN BADILLO, New York
ROMANO L. MAZZOLI, Kentucky
EDWARD W. PATTISON, New York
CHRISTOPHER J. DODD, Connecticut
WILLIAM J. HUGHES, New Jersey
MARTIN A. RUSSO, Illinois

EDWARD HUTCHINSON, Michigan
ROBERT MCCLORY, Illinois
TOM RAILSBACK, Illinois
CHARLES E. WIGGINS, California
HAMILTON FISH, JR., New York
M. CALDWELL BUTLER, Virginia
WILLIAM S. COHEN, Maine
CARLOS J. MOORHEAD, California
JOHN M. ASHBROOK, Ohio
HENRY J. HYDE, Illinois
THOMAS N. KINDNESS, Ohio

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CONTENTS

Prepared statement..

Witnesses-

Alexander, Kermit, president, National Football League Players Page

Association _ _

Burman, George, professor of economics, Carnegie-Mellon University-

Carothers, Hamilton (Covington & Burling) -

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Celler, Hon. Emanuel, a former Representative in Congress from the

State of New York.

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Prepared statement__.

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Garvey, Edward R., executive director, National Football League

Players Association_

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Prepared statement__

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Glennon, Edward, counsel, National Football League Players As-

sociation_

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Rozelle, Pete, commissioner, National Football League.......

Additional material-

Miller, Marvin J., executive director, Major League Baseball Players

Association, telegram dated October 9, 1975, to Hon. John F.

Seiberling-

Statement of income for the 1974 playing season of the member clubs

of the National Football League.

Appendix-

Carothers, Hamilton (Covington & Burling), letter dated December

10, 1975, to Hon. John F. Seiberling-.

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Cullen Bryant, Plaintiff v. National Football League, et al., U.S. District

Court, Central District of California-

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Fleisher, Lawrence, general counsel, National Basketball Players

Association, telegram dated October 14, 1975, to Hon. John F.

Seiberling...

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James McCoy (Yazoo) Smith, Plaintiff v. Pro-Football, et al., Defend-

ants, U.S. District Court, District of Columbia___.

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John Mackey, et al., Plaintiffs v. National Football League, an Unin-

corporated Association, et al., Defendants, U.S. District Court, Dis-

trict of Minnesota, Fourth Division.

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John Mackey, et al., Appellees v. National Football League, et al., Ap-

pellants, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit__.

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Joseph R. Kapp, Plaintiff v. National Football League, et al., Defend-

ants, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California...

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Noll, Roger G., professor of economics, California Institute of Tech-

nology, letter dated December 22, 1975, to Hon. John F. Seiberling--