The Washington Football Team announced yesterday that they have appointed Jason Wright team president. In this role, Wright will be responsible for leading the organization’s business divisions, including operations, finance, sales, and marketing. He will join Coach Ron Rivera, who maintains all on-field responsibilities and football decisions, in reporting directly to team owner, Dan Snyder.…
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Morgan Stanley Global Sports & Entertainment (GSE) has been named an official Institutional Financial Advisor participant of the NFL Players Association (NFLPA), the official labor union for professional football players in the National Football League In an effort to address the financial needs of its participating athletes, the NFLPA launched its Institutional Financial Advisors Registration…
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(Editor’s Note: The following excerpt is from an article written by former Oakland Raiders General Counsel Jeff Birren, a long-time senior writer with Hackney Publications. The complete article can be access by subscribing to Professional Sports and the Law.) Philadelphia offensive tackle Lane Johnson is a better football player that a litigant. In 2016 Johnson…
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O’Melveny represented WFC LA/Angel City in securing the exclusive right to bring a professional women’s soccer team to Los Angeles. The team’s official name and venue partner will be announced before the end of 2020, with the inaugural season set to kick off in spring 2022 as part of the National Women’s Soccer League. WFC…
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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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(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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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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In response to surging demand for critical COVID-19 testing capacity among colleges and universities, the Campus Health Project (CHP), higher education’s trusted COVID-19 testing partner, has launched its national initiative dedicated to helping higher education institutions secure the COVID-19 testing capacity and logistical support they need to resume campus life for Fall 2020 and beyond.…
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By Robert Romano On April 9, 1865, over 155 years ago, the traitor known as Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia. Yes, for some it may be hard to believe, but the Confederate States lost the Civil War – it surrendered, yielded, resigned, gave up, quit, came in…
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Hackney Publications, the nation’s leading publisher of sports law periodicals, announced today the availability of the spring issue of Esports and the Law (ESL). The latest issue features the following articles: Players Take a Stand and Secure a Legal Victory in Esports Case Court Grants Summary Judgment for Video Game Publisher in Tattoo Copyright Case…
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