DeMaurice Smith
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756 appearances
2 recordings
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first heard Apr 2026
last heard 16 Jul
DeMaurice Smith’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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The contract is predicated on no collusion.
Look up Bill Radovich, you know, a guy who sues the National Football League in 1945 because the Detroit Lions owner blackballs him.
and doesn't allow him to leave the Lions, even though he's a free agency.
You fast forward to Kurt Flood, who sued for collusion and loss.
You fast forward to Oscar Robertson in the NBA, who sued and won.
John Mackey started the lawsuits for the NFL in 1971.
It didn't end until collusion lawsuits took us to 1993.
So the story of sport is that management colludes.
And so you start as a lawyer with this idea that on the other side, they are going to cheat.
Well, you look for the tip.
And sometimes you get the tip because, you know, Jerry Jones brags.
Sometimes you get the tip because Steve Bishotti says something like, I wouldn't have spent that much money on a guy like Deshaun Watson.
Right, this is the Ravens owner talking about— This is the Ravens owner talking about guaranteed contracts for quarterbacks.
Or someone sends you an email.
With, you know, with a chart attached to it.
But so you start the process by A, you know, filing the lawsuit based upon a breach of your contract.
But B, you also file it because that is the role.
of a sports labor union protecting its players in the long term.
And finding that collusion case not only helps you with the current matter that is on the table, it gives you leverage when you are later on moving into collective bargaining because you not only want to solve the immediate problem, but you want to use it for leverage in order to solve all of the other aggrieved issues that you have.
It's time.
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