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New York Governor Hochul Announces Joint Public-Private Agreement to Ensure the Buffalo Bills Remain in New York State

March 31, 2022

Governor Kathy Hochul and Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz have announced an agreement between New York State, Erie County and the NFL’s Buffalo Bills franchise for a $1.4 billion new stadium in Orchard Park. Governor Hochul’s negotiations secured a 30-year commitment for the Bills to remain in Buffalo, and a combined $550 million from the NFL and Bills – approved today…
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Goldstein & McClintock Recognized as a Leader in the Sports Law Field in ‘100 Law Firms’ List

March 26, 2022

Readers of Hackney Publications have identified Goldstein & McClintock, LLLP 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 resource for…
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Hackney Publications Announces Second Annual ‘100 Law Firms with Sports Law Practices You Need to Know About’ Portal

March 8, 2022

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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Former Football Player Launches Sports Agency

February 10, 2022

Trae Smith, a former college football player turned business and career advisor with an undergraduate degree in International Development from UCLA and an MBA from Pepperdine University, has launched the Powerhaus Agency, which will be based in Los Angeles. With an initial focus on football players, Smith believes that the “combination of his personal experience playing the game…
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New CLF/Samford University Poll Finds 71% of Americans Want NFL to Stop Recruiting Children to Tackle Football

February 9, 2022

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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Blame Broadcasters For ‘Redskins’ Name Change Today

February 2, 2022

By By John F. Banzhaf III, B.S.E.E., J.D., Sc.D., Professor of Public Interest Law, George Washington University Law School Washington football will announce its new team name today; a change brought on by overwhelming criticism of “Redskins” as “derogatory” and “racist,” but much of the blame for the well documented physical as well as emotional harm…
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Breaking News – TIDES Gives NFL a ‘B’ in Its Racial and Gender Report Card

December 15, 2021

Richard Lapchick, Director of The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES) at the University of Central Florida, has released the 2021 National Football League Racial and Gender Report Card. Using data from the 2021 season, it will include an analysis of the racial breakdown of the players, general managers, and coaches. In addition,…
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Wilbourn V. BRG Sports: Plaintiff Fails to Prove Defective Football Helmet Caused CTE

December 6, 2021

By Gary Chester, Senior Writer (Editor’s Note: The following is shared from an issue of Sports Litigation Alert, a subscription-based publication produced by Hackney Publications. Subscribers to the Alert have access to more than 3,000 case summaries and bylined articles.) In concussion cases, the plaintiffs can often raise issues of fact as to three of…
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NFL SUSPENDS THREE PLAYERS FOR VIOLATING NFL-NFLPA COVID-19 PROTOCOLS

December 2, 2021

The National Football League announced today discipline of three players for violating jointly developed and administered NFL-NFLPA COVID-19 protocols. Tampa Bay’s Antonio Brown and Mike Edwards have each been suspended without pay for the next three games. Free agent John Franklin III, if signed by a club, is also ineligible to play in the next…
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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

November 19, 2021

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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