Nascar will sue Michael Jordan’s racing team, claims an “illegal cartel”

Michael JordanThe racing team, 23xi Racing, has been sued for Nascar for being worked allegedly to achieve their way to receive a preferential treatment.

In the demand filed on Wednesday, March 4 and obtained by AthleticsJordan’s team and his business partner for a long time, Curtis polkIt is supposed to act as “an illegal cartel”.

Demand also names Racing Team’s front -row engines as part of the alleged plan.

Nascar states that the two teams “ agreed to a scheme to pressure Nascar to accept their collusive terms, included in participating in media campaigns, interfering in the negotiations of the Nascar Dissemination Agreement, threatening boycotts of Nascar events and involving a Boycott group of a Team Council meeting of Nascar ”, reports the departure.

Demand claims that Polk was the driving force of effort.

Polk allegedly represented “all teams in negotiations, coordinating their behavior and threatening teams that considered leaving conspiracy and adversely interfered and affecting the NASCAR attempts to renew their media rights agreements.”

The presentation was a mishap to a demand filed in October 2024 Bob JenkinsIt has front -row motors. In addition to his connection with the world of racing, Jenkins is deeply connected to Yum! Family of restaurants and possess hundreds of KFC, Taco Bell, Long John Silver’s and A & W.

Jenkins’s demand accused Nascar and the CEO of the company, Jim Franceto use “anti -complaining and exclusion practices” to “enrich it at the expense of the most important racing teams of vehicle vehicles”.

The legal battle is focused on the nautical system of Nascar AthleticsIt is “the version of the franchises of the sport that assures the owner of a letter certain financial guarantees in addition to a starting position in the 36 races of the first series of Nascar Cups.”

Along Athletics“NASCAR calls on the court for the triple damage and elimination of the initial positions guaranteed for 23xi and first -rate engines in the races of the series of drinks if the groups continue the litigation with the aim of illegally making the letter agreements under the antitrust law.”

In a statement to Use weekly by Jeffrey Kessler23XI prosecutor and front -line engines, demand is “a distraction without merit and a desperate attempt to keep the attention of its own illegal monopolistic actions.”

“Nascar agreed to the joint negotiations they are now attacking,” the statement continued. “When these joint negotiations failed, they used individual negotiations to impose their terms from the charter, which most teams decided that they had no choice but to accept. The demand of my clients has always been about the transformation of the Nascar in a more competitive sport and just for the benefit of drivers, fans, sponsors and teams for their love love. Antimonopoly and this time has come to Nascar. “

Kessler stated that the meter “does not change anything” and concluded: “We are sure in the force of our case and we hope to present it to trial.”