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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.
That was when Jordan still owned the NBA’s Charlotte Hornets. Now he owns a NASCAR team, and 23XI Racing — along with Front Row Motorsports — is suing the stock car series over alleged antitrust violations.
Caught in the crosshairs is Polk, who was singled out in NASCAR’s countersuit as the mastermind for a near mutiny by the race teams over revenue sharing.
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.
