Haywood v. National Basketball Association
Event in Basketball
Haywood v. National Basketball Association has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Digital Social Hour. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Spencer HaywoodAmerican former professional basketball player, Olympic gold medalist and Hall of Famer whose Supreme Court case ended the NBA's four-year rule
Haywood believes a brief Detroit Pistons tryout that ended after one day was retaliation for his earlier lawsuit.
“they gave me one day of practice and said, oh, you're out of here”
Digital Social Hour: He Took the NBA to the Supreme Court... & Won... | Spencer Haywood | DSH #1955 (May 8, 2026) · Listen from 58:01
Haywood estimates that NBA players have earned $67 billion since 1971 as a result of his ruling.
“The number was $67 billion from 1971 until today”
Digital Social Hour: He Took the NBA to the Supreme Court... & Won... | Spencer Haywood | DSH #1955 (May 8, 2026) · Listen from 34:28
Haywood says the Supreme Court found his case to be an example of antitrust violation that barred stopping someone from earning a living.
“this is a prime example of the Sherman Antitrust Act, which meant that you cannot stop a person from making a living in America”
Digital Social Hour: He Took the NBA to the Supreme Court... & Won... | Spencer Haywood | DSH #1955 (May 8, 2026) · Listen from 10:54
Haywood recounts that the NBA, NCAA and ABA tried to break his spirit while his case moved through the courts.
“the league, the NC2A, and the ABA was fighting to break my spirit”
Digital Social Hour: He Took the NBA to the Supreme Court... & Won... | Spencer Haywood | DSH #1955 (May 8, 2026) · Listen from 7:37
Podcasts
- Digital Social Hour · 1 episode
Episodes
He Took the NBA to the Supreme Court... & Won... | Spencer Haywood | DSH #1955Digital Social Hour · May 8, 2026 · 1 h 4 min
Basketball Hall of Famer Spencer Haywood tells Sean Kelly about his Supreme Court fight against the NBA, 1968 Olympic gold, racism, addiction, therapy and family.