NASCAR is accusing basketball legend and businessman Michael Jordan of helping to operate an illicit scheme in which racing teams colluded to get better terms from the car racing organization.
The lawsuit claimed that Jordan’s racing team, 23XI Racing, and fellow team Front Row Motorsports were led by Curtis Polk, a co-owner of 23XI, in developing the collusive effort, according to a Wednesday report from The New York Times.
NASCAR called the defendants “an illegal cartel.”
Polk and the teams allegedly “agreed to a scheme to pressure NASCAR to accept their collusive terms, including by engaging in media campaigns.”
They also interfered with “NASCAR’s broadcast agreement negotiations, threatening boycotts of NASCAR events and engaging in a group boycott of a NASCAR Team Owner Council Meeting.”
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