The Knight Commission noted earlier this week that LEAD1’s September meeting “reaffirmed what college sports leaders, including athletics directors, told our Commission in 2020: FBS football needs a new and different leadership structure. “Discussion of college football governance issues by FBS athletic directors is an important step from leaders within the industry.” The Commission added…
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Lewis Brisbois Partner John Long will speak at the upcoming American Bar Association (ABA) Annual Entertainment & Sports Industries Conference, hosted at the Four Seasons Hotel in Las Vegas from October 6-8. In an informative 60-minute panel on October 6 at 12:15 p.m. PT titled “Breaking into the Industry: Entertainment & Sports,” Mr. Long and his…
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Part of the University of Miami School of Law’s LL.M. in Entertainment, Arts, and Sports Law, the class covers everything from the fine points of contract negotiations to the landmark Title IX law that opened doors for women and girls in athletics. By Robert C. Jones Jr. From the U.S. women soccer team’s decades-long fight…
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This week on the Dr. Phil Show, Olympic champion, women’s sports advocate, and lawyer Nancy Hogshead-Makar speaks on the importance of the female sports category. She explains “issues related to transgender eligibility in sport and urges sport to create new categories for transgender women AND men. “Sport achieves its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) goals…
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(Editor’s Note: For more on the Tua situation, consider subscribing to Concussion Litigation Reporter.) The following is a statement issued by the NFL and NFLPA about the widely reported situation involving Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa: “The joint NFL-NFLPA investigation into the application of the Concussion Protocol involving Miami Dolphins’ quarterback Tua Tagovailoa remains ongoing.…
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A federal judge has dealt a blow to the claim of a student athlete, who alleges that Dartmouth College was negligent when the school’s Athletic Trainer and its Strength and Conditioning Coach for Field Hockey and Football permitted, or encouraged, the student athlete to do weight training exercises that could exacerbate injuries she had suffered…
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Big 12 Conference Commissioner Brett Yormark has announced an office reorganization that includes a new business vertical, modernization of titles, depth in staffing and promotions. Among thew promotions were two in the Legal Affairs & Compliance department. Sports lawyer Jessica Presnall was promoted to Vice President, Logan Phillip was promoted to senior director. “This re-organization…
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Winston & Strawn Associate Scott Sherman will speak September 30 at Lewis & Clark Law School’s Center for Business Law & Innovation (CBLI) 2022 Fall Forum: Sports Law’s New Dimensions in Portland, Oregon. The program will bring together academics, attorneys, and team representatives to discuss the radical changes effected by measures such as the decision in Alston v. NCAA, the expansion of online betting and legalized sports books,…
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Scott Bearby, General Counsel of the NCAA, is seeking senior counsel for the association, The job description follows: Job Function: The director of OLA will provide counseling to various national office and membership client groups. The position assists in the overall service offerings on all subject matters as a member of the NCAA national office legal…
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By Shelly Palmer The founders of Taiv had an idea: What if a sports bar owner could make an extra $500 every month by using technology to replace the commercials in TV broadcasts with commercials they sold themselves? It is an awesome idea. It is also a blatant theft of services. Free TV services that…
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