A high school volleyball player in. North Carolina, who suffered a concussion when she was spiked in the face by a transgender athlete, has emerged as a leading spokeswoman for female athletes, who would like to prevent biological males from competing in women’s sports. Payton McNabb claims the concussion has caused significant and long-term physical…
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Hackney Publications announced today that it was making its latest issue of Sports Litigation Alert, published on February 24, 2023, the new sample issue on the site, a reflection of the issue’s “strength,” according to Editor and Publisher Holt Hackney. “We pride ourselves on providing provocative insight and thought leadership on the sports law issues…
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The Boston University CTE Center has annunced that they have now diagnosed 345 former NFL players with CTE out of 376 former players studied (91.7%). Among those diagnosed in the last year are two former players who once represented the teams paired in this Sunday’s Super Bowl LVII matchup – former Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Rick Arrington,…
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hackney Publications, the nation’s leading publisher of sports law periodicals, has announced new tools are being added to Sports Litigation Alert (Alert), a periodical that has been used in sports law classrooms for more than 15 years, which will make it even more useful for professors and their college students. “There’s a challenge in sports law classes…
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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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Attorney Kacie Kergides of Montgomery McCracken participated in the 73rd Annual National Athletic Trainers’ Association Clinical Symposia & AT Expo where she sat on a panel discussing the legal issues surrounding concussions and traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) along with sexual misconduct liability for athletic trainers. Kergides’ session, “Staying Court- side and Out of Court: What…
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Earlier this week, the family of former NFL star Demaryius Thomas announced his stage 2 CTE diagnosis by Dr. Ann McKee at the VA-BU-CLF Brain Bank. Thomas passed away in December 2021 at age 33. His family is releasing the findings to help raise awareness of CTE. “Once I became aware of CTE and began to familiarize…
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“Utah Court Dismisses Negligence Claim Against Actress in Case Involving Injury on Ski Slopes,” an article written by professor James H. Moss, JD, appeared in yesterday’s Sports Litigation Alert, along with 14 other articles. The reprinted article, written in spirited form, follows below: In what has not turned into a simple skier v. skier collision case,…
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100lawfirms.com is portal that serves as a resource for those in need of experienced and capable legal counsel in the sports law arena. Hackney Publications announced today the second annual “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…
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A new poll conducted by the Concussion legacy Foundation (CLF) and the Samford University Center for Sports Analytics reveals because of CTE concerns, 71% of the 1,311 Americans polled believe it is inappropriate for the NFL to recruit children to tackle football. According to official funding announcements, the NFL has spent more than $100 million…
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