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The countersuit NASCAR filed earlier this month wrongly called Jordan’s longtime business manager and partner a “sports agent” and repeatedly singled out Polk as the ringleader against the current charter agreements signed last fall by most Cup Series teams.
NASCAR also claimed Polk threatened a boycott of the Daytona 500 qualifying races and persuaded teams to boycott a meeting with NASCAR.
The teams signed the charters just before last season’s playoffs after a take-it-or-leave-it offer by NASCAR.
Although the charter system remains flawed — teams want them made permanent like a franchise in other major sports — it does guarantee a spot in the field and other revenue incentives.
Thirteen teams signed but 23XI and Front Row held out — in large part because of a clause in the charter that prohibits teams from suing NASCAR — and since both teams didn’t like the terms, they wanted the right to sue over antitrust allegations.
Long before the battle over the charter system led to the antitrust lawsuit now engulfing NASCAR, its executives found Michael Jordan and his small group of advisers a beneficial resource in discussing growth for the top racing series in the United States.
They held meetings with Curtis Polk, Jordan’s right-hand man, to go over best practices and other areas that could be improved.
