The draft is a mechanism that has served the league well since 1935, providing a balance of talent over the years and generating fan interest that is out of proportion with its importance.
NFL owners love it, and they'll fight to keep it as is -- on their terms.
The NFL, his lawyers assert, is guilty of using its monopoly over pro football to strangle the market for players, restricting them to the team that drafts them instead of allowing them to sell their services to the highest bidder.