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Supreme Court rejects fantasy baseball dispute
- neovive 18y agoHopefully this will eventually open the door to some reasonable use of professional sports data by small businesses and entrepreneurs. Sports news and stats are a great foundation for community building.
- mattmaroon 18y agoHooooooray! Unfortunately this is far from over. The issue will probably soon be brought up in another district by another league.
- neovive 18y agoMLB, NFL, NBA, NHL all have deep enough pockets to keep this issue in the courts for years on end. They may lose in the end, but it may be irrelevant by then.
- mattmaroon 18y agoWell, the fantasy leagues have deep enough pockets to hold up their end as well. It's precisely because the business is so profitable that the leagues want to get a stranglehold on it.
- mhartl 18y agoThis legal cloud contributed to the death of my first startup. Though you're not in the clear yet, the legal environment looks a lot better for Draftmix.