Parties Stake Out Positions in Referee’s Antitrust Lawsuit
Did the Wichita Falls (TX) Area Basketball Officials Association Inc. (WFABOA) violate antitrust laws when it prevented a referee from working the 2015-16 basketball season after he tried to start another local referee chapter?
That question is being addressed in federal court in Texas.
Plaintiff Charles Brasier, who has been a referee for 28 years in the University Interscholastic League (UIL), alleges specifically that the defendant violated the Sherman Act, Clayton Act, Civil Ri