The Supreme Court today allowed Relevent Sports' antitrust lawsuit to go forward against FIFA and the U.S. Soccer Federation over the world governing body’s policy of not permitting a country to host league matches involving teams from other countries. The high court order "leaves in place" a federal appeals court ruling in favor of Relevent, controlled by Dolphins owner Stephen Ross. Relevent and FIFA reached an agreement this month to drop FIFA from the suit, a deal that the USSF "wants to review" and that "has not yet been approved" by U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni. FIFA, the USSF and Relevent lawyer Jeffrey Kessler did not immediately respond to requests for comment (AP, 4/22).
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