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Real Court Drama

The French Open is underway, but the real action this week may be in a New York courtroom 3,500 miles away, where an upstart players union is making noise about the sport’s alleged anti-competitive, pay-suppressing practices.

Carlos Alcaraz Tennis
The fight traces back to the sweeping antitrust action that the PTPA launched in March 2025, which sought to fundamentally reshape the sport. At the center of the dispute is prize money—and, naturally, the players’ desire for more of it. Photo: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images
Eriq Gardner
May 18, 2026

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There was the French Revolution, and then there is whatever has been unfolding across big-money sports these past few years: a rolling declaration of the rights of man—and athlete. Across collegiate sports, motor racing, and nearly every other corner of the sports industrial complex, the pattern is straightforward: First comes the antitrust lawsuit, then comes the renegotiation of the entire economic order.