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LEAD1 Survey Reveals Strong Majority of FBS Athletics Directors Believe Employment Status of College Athletes Would Impact Funding of Non-Revenue Sports

November 16, 2021

By Hannah Dewey The LEAD1 Association (“LEAD1”), which represents the athletics directors of the 130-member schools of the Football Bowl Subdivision (“FBS”), recently surveyed approximately 100 of its FBS athletics directors on whether the employment status of college athletes would impact funding of non-revenue sports. Of the LEAD1 athletics directors surveyed, more than 90 percent…
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All Pain, No Gain? Pryce v. Town Sports Int’l, LLC

November 15, 2021

By Jacqueline Borrelli, Kacie Kergides, and Dylan Henry, of Montgomery McCracken (The following is one of thousands of recent stories from the archives of Sports Litigation Alert, a subscription-based publication.) On June 28, 2018, Simone Pryce and her husband sued New York Sports Club (NYSC) (an exercise gym) and its owners for negligence. This suit…
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Houston Firm Opines on Whether the Astroworld Stampede Tragedy Preventable

November 12, 2021

By The de la Garza Law Group In early November, tragedy struck at a Houston music festival when a crowd surged towards the stage as one of the festival organizers, rapper Travis Scott, performed on stage. Thousands of fans stormed the stage, causing a stampede that trampled hundreds of concertgoers. More than eight people were pronounced…
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Major League Soccer Gets Props for Its Racial and Gender Hiring

November 11, 2021

Richard Lapchick, Director of The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES) at the University of Central Florida, released the 2021 Major League Soccer Racial and Gender Report Card earlier this week, extolling praise on the association. Using data from the 2021 season, the Report Card includes an analysis of the racial breakdown of…
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Greenspoon Marder Attorney Will Teach Sports Law as Adjunct at Georgia Tech University

November 10, 2021

Bruce B. Siegal, who joined Greenspoon Marder in its Atlanta office over the summer as of counsel in its Entertainment, Media & Technology Industry Group, will be an adjunct professor of sports law this spring at Georgia Institute of Technology. Siegal, who has more than 30 years of sports industry and intellectual property experience, focuses on…
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Improving the NCAA’s Regulation of Payments to Athletes

November 9, 2021

By Stephen A. Miller[1] For decades, the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) resisted efforts to allow its athletes to earn outside income. The Association delayed, litigated, formed some task forces, delayed some more… but eventually surrendered in July 2021 after its appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court on this issue was unanimously rejected. The surrender…
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Courts Continue to Reject Agents Suing Other Agents

November 8, 2021

By Chris Deubert On October 6, 2021, Judge Rakoff of the Southern District of New York, dismissed a lawsuit brought by one basketball agent, David Lee, against another, Raymond Brothers, for allegedly stealing Lee’s client. Lee v. Raymond Brothers, 21-cv-4213, 2021 WL 4652336 (S.D.N.Y. Oct. 6, 2021). In so doing, the court added to a body of…
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Journal of NCAA Compliance Expands Editorial Review Board

November 7, 2021

The Journal of NCAA Compliance (JONC), a peer-reviewed journal published by Hackney Publications, has expanded its Editorial Review Board to accommodate the growing interest compliance professionals have in writing for the publication. JONC, which is led by Academic Co-Editors Dave Ridpath (Ohio) and Clay Bolton (Texas A&M – Commerce), has been produced for 15 years…
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Power & Cronin Expands Sports Law Practice Group with Hire of Michael Viverito

November 6, 2021

Power & Cronin, Ltd announced today the hire of Michael Viverito, building upon its existing sports law practice group. Besides sports law, Viverito will also focus his practice on Corporate Law, Workers’ Compensation, and Intellectual Property. He will support Jared P. Vasilauskas, who heads the practice group. Vasilauskas noted that one of the things that…
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Sports Lawyer Kevin Carpenter Appointed as ITTF’s First Head of Integrity

November 5, 2021

The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has appointed Kevin Carpenter as its first-ever Head of Integrity. In his new role, Carpenter will develop and lead the ITTF Integrity Unit to be at the forefront of the protection of integrity of sport within the Olympic Movement. The ITTF Integrity Unit is an operationally independent unit established…
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