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CHARLOTTE, N.C. \u2014 NASCAR\u2019s management structure is unfair to its teams and drivers, with money and power in the hands of people who don\u2019t risk life and limb on the oval, basketball legend Michael Jordan told a court on Friday.
Testimony from Jordan and the daughter-in-law of Pro Football Hall of Fame coach Joe Gibbs<\/a> highlighted courtroom action Friday in a federal antitrust case accusing <\/a>NASCAR of operating as a monopolistic bully.
\u201cSomeone had to step forward to challenge NASCAR,\u201d said Jordan, a co-owner of 23XI Racing.
Jordan said NASCAR needs to be run more like the NBA, with a mutually beneficial partnership between the league and its teams.
\u201cIf you share responsibility, the healthiness of the sport can grow,\u201d he said. \u201cIt needed to be looked at from a whole different perspective. That\u2019s why we\u2019re here.\u201d
Drivers are risking their lives to race with no insurance or union protections, according to the former North Carolina Tar Heel, <\/a>who won six NBA championships<\/a> with the Chicago Bulls.
\u201cI never saw [NASCAR CEO] Jim France<\/a> drive a car and risk his life,\u201d Jordan said.
Even though 13 of 15 NASCAR Cup Series teams have signed the 2025-2031 charter agreement extension, those organizations had no real choice, according to Heather Gibbs, chief operating officer of Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR).
Before Jordan took the stand, Gibbs told the court that signing was the only option in what amounted to a \u201ctake it or leave it\u201d situation.
\u201cAs if you have a gun to your head,\u201d Gibbs said of her team\u2019s decision to sign.
Even though JGR is one of the sport\u2019s most storied organizations, Gibbs said profits have been hit-and-miss under the current NASCAR system.
\u201cSome years, not every year,\u201d she told a NASCAR attorney, who asked if JGR is a moneymaker.
Three of NASCAR\u2019s top five drivers<\/a>, No. 2 and three-time Daytona 500 winner<\/a> Denny Hamlin, No. 3 Chase Briscoe and No. 5 Christopher Bell, race out of the JGR stable.
Despite the massive stakes on the table and the occasional tough words, both sides were cordial to each other in court on Friday.
When a NASCAR attorney finished his cross-examination of Jordan, he told the all-time basketball great: \u201cMy 9-year-old thinks I\u2019m pretty cool today.\u201d
Jordan joked that the NASCAR attorney should\u2019ve been laced up in the former player\u2019s famed high-tops in court.
\u201cYou\u2019re not wearing your Jordans today,\u201d Jordan quipped.
Charlie Gile reported from Charlotte, N.C., and David K. Li from New York City.<\/em>
Senior Breaking News Reporter
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