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Fanatics, sports leagues accused of conspiring to monopolize trading card market

( March 17, 2025, 22:31 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Purchasers of sports trading cards filed a US antitrust complaint against Fanatics, Inc., the National Football League, National Basketball Association and Major League Baseball. According to the complaint, Fanatics induced leagues and players associations to join a conspiracy by securing long-term exclusive licensing contracts with all major sports leagues and promising a share of future trading card monopoly profits; and then weaponizing its resulting market dominance even before those agreements took effect to coerce market participants in a scheme to systematically exclude from the market its only remaining competitor.See attached file. ...

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