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Knight Commission Calls for Major Changes to NCAA Revenue Distribution to Correct Gender and Racial Inequities

May 30, 2022

The Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics recommended earlier this month altering the NCAA’s annual revenue distribution to institutions to correct for racial and gender inequities. In light of “the current upheaval in Division I athletics and the looming report of the NCAA’s Transformation Committee,” the Commission also urged college sports leaders to reexamine and…
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Webinar Explores the Current and Future Landscape of Name, Image, and Likeness in Illinois College Athletics and Beyond

May 29, 2022

Bricker & Eckler and the Southern Illinois University School of Law will present a free webinar on June 8, from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM, discussing Name, Image & Likeness (NIL) and how it is being applied in collegiate athletics in Illinois. The webinar is presented by legal practitioners who regularly work with colleges and universities on…
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Hackney Publications Recognizes Cadwalader as a Leader in the Sports Law Field in Its Second Annual ‘100 Law Firms’ List

May 28, 2022

Hackney Publications has announced that its readers have identified Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP as one of a handful of law firms that are leaders in the sports law field in its annual Roster of “100 Law Firms with Sports Law Practices You Need to Know About.” Besides recognizing law firms for their achievements, the portal serves as a…
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Hackney Publications Introduces Tools that Make Sports Litigation Alert a Powerful Resource in the Sports Law Classroom

May 27, 2022

Each semester, Hackney Publications provides professors with 12 subject-matter compendiums, created from the last 6 months of Alerts, to be used with students. Hackney Publications, the nation’s leading publisher of sports law periodicals, has announced that new tools are being added to Sports Litigation Alert (Alert), a periodical that has been used in sports law classrooms for…
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NBA sees rise in acts of symbolic violence

May 26, 2022

A new analysis of NBA basketball broadcasts from 1998 to 2018 reveals a decline in acts of physical violence, such as pushing and elbowing, and a rise in acts of symbolic violence, such as shouting, trash talking, and menacing displays. Assaf Lev from the Department of Sports Therapy at Ono Academic College in Kiryat Ono,…
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Court Rules on Case Involving Errant Punt and Fan at NFL Game

May 25, 2022

(Editor’s note: The following is reprinted from Professional Sports and the Law, a subscription-based magazine produced by Hackney Publications. To subscribe, visit here.) By Courtney E. Dunn, of Segal McCambridge When self-proclaimed “football fanatic” Paulina Callinan attended her very first football game on November 1, 2015, she did not expect to be put on the…
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IFA diversifies its gaming rights and launches new non-sim football games alongside EA SPORTS franchis

May 24, 2022

For the first time, FIFA will launch new football video games developed with third-party studios and publishers, providing “more choice for football and gaming fans” in the lead-up to the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ and FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023™ A number of new non-simulation games are already under production…
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Veteran Sports Lawyers Chuck Baker and Irwin Raij Join Sidley

May 23, 2022

The shakeup in the sports law industry continued last week with news that Sidley Austin LLP had brought in Charles “Chuck” Baker and Irwin Raij as partners and co-chairs of its Entertainment, Sports and Media industry group. Baker has joined in New York and Miami, while Raij has joined in Miami. They were previously co-chairs of…
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Hackney Publications Recognizes Ricci Tyrrell Johnson & Grey as a Leader in the Sports Law Field in ‘100 Law Firms’ List

May 21, 2022

The firm specializes in risk management of large spectator events, including training of event personnel and drafting/prosecution of risk transfer agreements. Hackney Publications has announced that its readers have identified Ricci Tyrrell Johnson & Grey as one of a handful of law firms that are leaders in the sports law field in its annual Roster of “100 Law…
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Hackney Publications Donates $1,000 to Austin Pets Alive!

May 20, 2022

Hackney Publications, the nation’s leading publisher of sports law periodicals, has donated $1,000 to Austin Pets Alive!, a leader in No Kill sheltering in America’s largest No Kill city – Austin. “My company has been blessed to have very loyal subscribers, advertisers and sponsors,” said Holt Hackney, the founder. “I am grateful for that support…
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