NCAA’s Guilty-Until-Proven-Innocent NIL Policy Sure to Draw Lawsuits
In response to frustrations over pay-for-play deals masquerading as NIL, the NCAA now “presumes” an infraction “if circumstantial information suggests that one or more…
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DOJ Pitch in Minor League Case Brushes Back Antitrust Exemption
The Justice Department is intervening in a case brought by a minor league baseball team from an Oregon community with fewer residents than could fill Yankee Stadium…
Varsity Settles Single Cheerleading Gym Suit in Antitrust Triad
Varsity Brands, the Bain Capital-owned cheerleading company, has agreed to settle one of the three federal antitrust lawsuits that have been filed against it. On…
Federal College Sports Law May Create as Many Problems as It Solves
Courts haven’t been kind to athletic amateurism of late, but the NCAA hopes Congress will reverse that trend—creating a federal statute that could carve out an antitrust…
LIV, Pay-for-Play and NFL Rules: Top Sports Law Controversies of 2022
The year 2022 was transformative in the sports industry, especially on the sports law front. Here are the 10 most significant legal controversies: 10) Operation…
Tuberville Throws Cold Water on NCAA Antitrust Exemption
Former college football coach and current U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) told Sportico Monday that he does not foresee a federal bill passing the next Congress that…
NFL Warns Sunday Ticket Litigation Could Raise TV Viewers’ Costs
In a new court filing, the NFL argues that a group of NFL Sunday Ticket subscribers did not establish why their case should be certified as a class action. The league…
Sea Unicorns Score Despite Dismissal in MLB Antitrust Suit
U.S. District Judge Andrew Carter last Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit that challenged Major League Baseball’s antitrust exemption because, he determined, MLB is still…
NCAA Athletes Seek Class Status for Lost NIL Pay in Lawsuit
The case poised to follow Ed O’Bannon’s and Shawne Alston’s lawsuits in rocking NCAA restraints on athlete compensation escalated on Friday. Attorneys for Arizona…
Genius Sports, Sportradar Settle UK Litigation Over Data Dispute
Genius Sports (NYSE: GENI) and Sportradar (Nasdaq: SRAD) have reached a settlement in litigation in Great Britain over Genius Sports’ partnership with Football DataCo…
Oakland Denied in Supreme Court Hail Mary of Raiders Lawsuit
The U.S. Supreme Court only agrees to hear about 1% of petitions. At least four of the nine justices must agree to grant certiorari. Unfortunately, for the City of…
PGA Tour Strikes Back While Florida Man Resists ‘Death Star’
On Wednesday, the PGA Tour went on offense in its antitrust battle with LIV Golf, while Patrick Reed filed another $750 million defamation lawsuit over what he says is…
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