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Spry CEO Lyle Adams Discusses the Charity ‘Opportunity’ in the Name, Image, and Likeness Movement in Collegiate Athletics

Lyle Adams, the founder and CEO of Spry Payment Systems, Inc. (Spry), the only company in the collegiate sports industry with a complete and market-ready Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) technology solution, was a guest speaker last week on the Champions of Philanthropy Student Symposium. A former college athlete, Adams discussed at the March 5…
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Hackney Publications Recognizes Sports Law Profession with ‘100 Law Firms with Sports Law Practices You Need to Know About’ Portal

Hackney Publications announced today the launch of “100 Law Firms with Sports Law Practices You Need to Know About,” a portal that serves as a resource for those in need of experienced and capable legal counsel in the sports law arena. The firms are listed alphabetically, an ode to the difficulty in actually ranking such…
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Supreme Court to Decide NCAA Antitrust Case on College-Athlete Compensation

By Elizabeth McCurrach and Julian Perlman, of BakerHostetler On Dec. 16, 2020, the United States Supreme Court granted certiorari and agreed to review two Ninth Circuit decisions affirming that the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA) and several collegiate athletic conferences’ rules regarding compensation paid to college athletes violates Section 1 of the Sherman Act. NCAA…
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National Sports Law Institute Fall Conference Set for Friday, October 16

The National Sports Law Institute’s Annual Fall conference will take place online on Microsoft Teams on Friday, October 16, 2020. This year’s conference will focus on Perspectives from a Sports Law Faculty, and feature our own Sports Law Program faculty members, many who are members of this association, along with a few other alums, discussing…
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Activision Blizzard Names Tony Petitti, an MLB Executive and attorney, as President of Sports & Entertainment

Activision Blizzard, Inc. has announced the appointment of Major League Baseball’s Tony Petitti as President of Sports and Entertainment. In his new role, reporting to Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick, Petitti will oversee esports, consumer products, and film and television. “Tony is one of the most highly regarded executives in sports and entertainment,” said Bobby…
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O’Melveny Advises Kansas City Royals on Multi-Year Media Rights Agreement With Sinclair Broadcast Group

O’Melveny advised the Kansas City Royals on a new multi-year media rights agreement with Sinclair Broadcast Group for FOX Sports Kansas City to continue as the television home of the Royals. The deal closed on August 21, 2020. Years and financial terms were not disclosed. FOX Sports Kansas City will televise 59 of the scheduled…
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Canadian Government Blocks Major League Baseball Games in Canada

The Honourable Marco E. L. Mendicino, P.C., M.P., Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship in Canada, issued the following statement yesterday, effectively blocking Toronto Blue Jays from hosting Major League Baseball games in Canada: “Over the last several weeks, the Government of Canada has worked closely with Major League Baseball and all levels of government…
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Arizona Coyotes Announce Sports Lawyer Xavier A. Gutierrez as New President

Arizona Coyotes Owner, Chairman and Governor Alex Meruelo has announced that Xavier A. Gutierrez has been named as the club’s new President, CEO and Alternate Governor. Gutierrez becomes the first Latino team President & CEO in NHL history. Gutierrez has a 20-plus-year career as a business executive, investor and dealmaker focused on investment management, corporate…
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American Indian Group Pushes for Name Change for Cleveland MLB Team

(Editor’s Note: The following is a statement from the Cleveland American Indian Movement on tangible steps to be taken immediately in light of Cleveland Baseball team name change.) Fifty years ago when Cleveland American Indian Movement began the movement to eliminate the Cleveland Baseball “Indians” team name and “Wahoo” logo, we were responding to the…
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Study Has Huge, and Positive, Implications for Restarting Sports – Move Forward!

Move forward NBA, MLB, NFL, and NCAA. A recent study suggested that herd immunity can be achieved with just 43 percent of the population having immunity. The implications are that you continue to protect the vulnerable. Sorry elderly and those with comorbidities. You are not attending mass gatherings such as a sporting contest until we…
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