Sports Law News for the Week Ending December 31st

By Bennett Liebman

Supreme Court Ruling on Alston, NIL Lead Top 5 Sports Law Events 2021

https://www.sportico.com/law/analysis/2021/supreme-court-ruling-1234648352/

Fake USC Basketball Recruit Dad Loses Bid for New Triaj

https://www.sportico.com/law/analysis/2021/fake-usc-basketball-recruit-dad-1234651311/

Court Report: How omicron variant of COVID-19 could upend college basketball as leagues flip forfeit rules

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/court-report-how-omicron-variant-of-covid-19-could-upend-college-basketball-as-leagues-flip-forfeit-rules/

For NCAA, year of upheaval leads to need for transformation

https://fox59.com/news/for-ncaa-year-of-upheaval-leads-to-need-for-transformation/

NCAA Reform

https://gazette.com/ap/sports/ncaa-reform/image_98d15e76-7557-5760-9aa6-7327f4783101.html

NIL Momentum Increasing For High School Athletes

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristidosh/2021/12/31/nil-momentum-increasing-for-high-school-athletes/?sh=362e5b4b3468

'I wanted to do something positive'

https://abc11.com/football-2021-season-student-athletes-nil-rules/11407507/

Why new NIL rules could attract bigger names to college athletics

https://www.wwnytv.com/2021/12/29/why-new-nil-rules-could-attract-bigger-names-college-athletics/

College athletes name image likeness rights: The NIL era's first season

https://slate.com/culture/2021/12/college-athletes-name-image-likeness-nil-pay-first-season.html

Heisman Trophy winner Charlie Ward helping athletes with NIL

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/12/24/charlie-ward-florida-state-nil/

New Notre Dame Coach Discusses Brave New NIL World

https://www.chicagonow.com/patriotic-dissenter/2021/12/new-notre-dame-coach-discusses-brave-new-nil-world/

NHL and NHLPA agree to modify COVID protocol

https://www.nhlpa.com/news/1-22240/nhl-and-nhlpa-agree-to-modify-covid-protocol

Dave Salo Calls NCAA Transgender Policy "An Assault On Women's Sports"

https://swimswam.com/dave-salo-calls-ncaa-transgender-policy-an-assault-on-womens-sports/https://swimswam.com/dave-salo-calls-ncaa-transgender-policy-an-assault-on-womens-sports/

UConn Women's Rowing team Title IX lawsuit settled with university

https://www.fox61.com/article/sports/ncaa/uconn/uconn-women-rowing-team-title-ix-lawsuit-settled/520-f1813425-de1b-40d0-937e-7dbee7937062

Commentary: Title IX suffers with transgender inclusion

https://napavalleyregister.com/sports/commentary-title-ix-suffers-with-transgender-inclusion/article_715b975a-b193-5ef1-819e-00ffde757ffb.html

Difficult times call for strong leadership and Thomas Bach is delivering

https://www.infobae.com/aroundtherings/articles/2021/12/31/difficult-times-call-for-strong-leadership-and-thomas-bach-is-delivering/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Rachel Engleson: Why is the NFL burying its Washington Football Team report?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/12/23/wft-harassment-nfl-report/

Washington Football: Team President Jason Wright's blunder

https://washingtonfootballwire.usatoday.com/2021/12/27/washington-football-team-president-jason-wrights-blunder-cowboys/

If HISA and USADA don't find a way to work together, racing may have no future in America

https://www.thoroughbredracing.com/articles/if-hisa-and-usada-dont-find-way-work-together-racing-may-have-no-future-america/

Impasse derails horse racing's drug testing deal

https://www.courier-journal.com/story/sports/horses/horse-racing/2021/12/28/impasse-derails-horse-racings-drug-testing-deal-sullivan/9027655002/

'How is that fair?'

https://www.eurosport.com/football/africa-cup-of-nations/2022/how-is-that-fair-ajax-and-cameroon-goalkeeper-andre-onana-opens-up-about-drugs-ban-agony_sto8687699/story.shtml

World Athletics takes aim at the sole of the shoe technology issue

https://www.infobae.com/aroundtherings/articles/2021/12/24/world-athletics-takes-aim-at-the-sole-of-the-shoe-technology-issue/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Looking back at year when racism was more than skin deep blog

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1117276/looking-back-in-anguish-at-2021-blog

Western sponsors face balancing act as Beijing 2022 approaches

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1117256/beijing-2022-sponsors-blog