The Seattle Sounders FC and Seattle Reign FC are seeking a Chief Legal Officer. A description of the position follows: POSITION SUMMARY The Chief Legal Officer (CLO) for Seattle Sounders and Reign FC, will serve as an critical member of the executive leadership team, committed to working collaboratively with colleagues across all disciplines to achieve optimal…
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Spencer Fane attorney Peter Goplerud was the featured guest on the May 28 episode of Sports Law Expert. The conversation was recorded during the 49th Annual Sports Lawyers Association Conference, where Peter served as a panelist. In his discussion with host Holt Hackney, Peter spoke on a wide range of name, image, and likeness (NIL) matters, including rights…
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Church Church Hittle and Antrim (CCHA Law) has announced a strategic partnership with The PICTOR Group, a consulting firm with extensive experience in the athletics sector. This collaboration aims “to enhance the services offered to clients by leveraging the combined expertise and resources of both organizations.” Through this partnership, CCHA Law and The PICTOR Group…
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Using computer-assisted neural networks, Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the University of Duisburg-Essen have been able to accurately identify affective states from the body language of tennis players during games. For the first time, they trained a model based on artificial intelligence (AI) with data from actual games. Their study, published…
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Timothy D. Cedrone, who has worked as a sports lawyer in private practice, for the National Football League and for the New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority, has joined Lafayette as the college’s General Counsel. Since 2018, Cedrone served as Associate General Counsel at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. In this role, he…
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Edward R. Policy, the Green Bay Packers’ chief operating officer and general counsel, has been elected as the organization’s next Chairman of the Board, President and CEO, a position he will formally assume in July of 2025 at the Packers Annual Meeting of Shareholders when Mark Murphy officially retires from the role. Policy, who’s entering…
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Texas Tech Athletics announced last week a sponsorship agreement with Two Docs Brewing Co. to launch Raiderland Red Pale Ale as the official NIL beer of the Red Raiders. With the agreement, a percentage of every sale will support NIL funding for Texas Tech student-athletes through the Matador Club, the official NIL collective of Texas…
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(Editor’s Note: The following is shared from the pages of Sports Litigation Alert. To subscribe , visit the site.) By Gina McKelveen, Esq. When you are sitting in a crowded stadium for a sporting event, your first thought probably isn’t what legal considerations were made in planning the game, race, or match, unless, of course,…
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During its seventh year of operation, the U.S. Center of Safesport announced recently that it has: Fielded more than 7,500 reports of abuse and misconduct. Initiated significant process improvements throughout the organization to improve efficiency, trauma sensitivity, and communication Delivered essential abuse prevention education to athletes, coaches, and parents throughout the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement and beyond Audited…
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The Division I Council voted earlier this week to remove cannabinoids from the banned drug class for championships and postseason participation in football, effective immediately. “The NCAA drug testing program is intended to focus on integrity of competition, and cannabis products do not provide a competitive advantage,” Josh Whitman, chair of the council and athletics…
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