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Refining the NCAA – an Analysis

(Editor’s Note: What follows is an excerpt of an article written by Ellen J. Staurowsky, Ed.D., Senior Writer of Hackney Publications and Professor, Sports Media, Roy H. Park School of Communications, Ithaca College, staurows@ithaca.edu , for subscription-based Sports Litigation Alert.) On Monday, November 15, 2021, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) hosted a special convention…
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Poor Security Leads to a $25,000 Fine in Waco

In accordance with “Big 12 Conference Sportsmanship and Ethical Conduct policies,” the Conference has issued a public reprimand and $25,000 fine of Baylor University for its handling of field storming incidents during and after Saturday’s football game with the University of Oklahoma. “We have a duty to ensure a safe game environment that provides the…
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National Lacrosse League Launches Initiative Around Inclusion

The National Lacrosse League (@NLL), the largest professional lacrosse property in the world, has continued its “commitment to its foundational pillars of heritage, inclusion and service with the unveiling of NLL Unites, the league’s umbrella social responsibility program.” NLL Unites will “combine the efforts of the league, teams, players and partners to promote each of…
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WEBINAR: Keeping Everything We Love About Collegiate Sport, While Fixing Its Failed Governance Structure

As part of its continuing webinar series on “Critical Issues in Collegiate Athletics,” The Drake Group will host a webinar on December 2, from 2 p.m. to 2:30 pm (EST), entitled “Keeping Everything We Love About Collegiate Sport, While Fixing Its Failed Governance Structure.” “The NCAA has been frozen with indecision since the June U.S.…
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Sports Law Professor Jordan Kobritz Pens Farewell

By Jordan Kobritz If you read the headline, you know where this is going. After 17-plus years and more than 850 columns, I’m “retiring.”  To be more precise, I’m retiring this column. My definition of “retired” is doing what you want to do, and by that standard I’ve lived a dream my entire adult life.…
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Steve Simon, WTA Chairman & CEO, Challenges Veracity of Recent Video Posted by China State-Run Media of Peng Shuai

Controversy swirled after Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai, a three-time Olympian and former No. 1-ranked women’s doubles player, accused Zhang Gaoli, a former member of the Chinese Communist Party’s Standing Committee of forcing her to have sex against her will. Then Peng Shuai disappeared. She allegedly turned up in a photo over the weekend at…
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Sports Lawyer Ramy Morad Joins Major League Rugby as General Counsel

Major League Rugby (MLR) has announced the hire of Ramy Morad as general counsel for the nasceant league, which is in expansion mode. Morad, who will be based in Dallas, reportedly is replacing Peter Moore, a former senior partner at Polsinelli. Moore is now part of Robinson, Waters & O’Dorisio in Denver. Morad was previously…
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Sports Litigation Alert Reports on the Full Breadth of the Sports Law Industry with Timely, Insightful Articles in Last Two Issues

Beneficiaries of the Alert include both the private sector and higher education, where professors use the Alert with thousands of sports law students. As Hackney Publications closes in on the completion of its 18th year of publishing Sports Litigation Alert, publisher Holt Hackney is especially proud of the last two issues. “We’re touching on every…
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Second Circuit Upholds Decision that Interscholastic Basketball Officials Are Not Statutory Employees

(From the pages of Sports Litigation Alert) By William J. Robers, of Sparks Willson, P.C. The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals is the latest court to decide that interscholastic basketball officials are not “employees” of either the assigning organization or the schools.  Girard v. International Association of Approved Basketball Officials, Inc. et al., 20-981-cv (2d…
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Hogan Lovells advises USA Cricket as it wins historic first T20 World Cup hosting bid

Hogan Lovells, which boasts one of the leading sports practices in the legal industry, advised USA Cricket on its successful bid to co-host the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Men’s T20 World Cup in 2024. The event is historic in that it will be the first global cricket tournament to be staged in the United States.…
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