Michael Jordan’s 23XI Racing files lawsuit against “monopolistic bully” NASCAR and France family
The NASCAR charter wars have entered a new realm with 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports suing the series owners.
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Bubba Wallace and Michael Jordan (Via IMAGO)
NASCAR was hoping to end all of the drama around the 2025-2031 charter negotiations, when they gave them a take it or leave or charter deal ahead of the playoffs. But it only opened a new can of worms as two teams in Bob Jenkins’ Front Row Motorsports and Michael Jordan’s 23XI Racing refused sign the deal, claiming it is unfair.
They have now doubled down on the offense against NASCAR and its owners the France family, filing federal antitrust lawsuit. Jeffrey Kessler, a top antitrust attorney, famous for his involvement in the NCAA Athlete’s lawsuit demanding pay, is the legal counsel for Michael Jordan and his FRM counterpart.
They used some serious language to describe the absolute power NASCAR enjoys over the teams and the supposed abuse of it. FRM and 223XI deems NASCAR as monopolistic bullies, who hurt others to impose their will. They believe it is time for the targets to final stand up to the bully and get what the rightly owed.
The France family and NASCAR are monopolistic bullies. And bullies will continue to impose their will to hurt others until their targets stand up and refuse to be victims. That moment has now arrived.
23XI and FRM said on their lawsuit as reported by AP.
The lawsuit highlights increased expense of fielding cars in NASCAR
One of the grievances that has been highlighted in the lawsuit is the increased expense teams has been facing for fielding cars. They believe this is economically devastating for the teams to continue operating and the new deal doesn’t provide them with anything concrete in terms of compensation to overcome this.
The teams knew that fielding a NASCAR car had become so expensive that it would be economically devastating for most of them to compete without even the modest revenue sharing and stability provided by the charter system and the complete loss of their charter values if the charter system was discontinued.
The lawsuit stated.
The charter wars have entered a legal route that would end hurting both the sport as well as the teams. It is a situation that could have sold outside the legal system b both sides making some adjustments, but now the change has altered everything for everyone.
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