Sports Law News for the Week Ending February 18th
Updated: Feb 22, 2022
By Bennett Liebman
Brian Flores lawsuit highlights NFL's diversity struggles
NFL Teams Are Making Brian Flores's Case For Him
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/nfl-teams-are-making-brian-floress-case-for-him/
NFL Hires Loretta Lynch for Brian Flores Race Discrimination Lawsuit
https://www.sportico.com/law/analysis/2022/nfl-hires-loretta-lynch-brian-flores-1234662017/
WADA accuse CAS of rewriting Code and setting precedent in Valieva case
https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1119452/wada-response-cas-valieva-case-doping
Valieva Decision by CAS CAS Ad Hoc Award OG 22 08-09-10
https://www.tas-cas.org/fileadmin/user_upload/OG_22_08-09-10_Arbitral_Award__publication_.pdf
Opinion | Yes, Kamila Valieva should be skating in Beijing
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/16/kamila-valieva-should-skate-beijing-olympics-law-merits/
Bach reminds Beijing 2022 organizers to remain apolitical
Thomas Bach lashes out at "tremendous coldness" of Kamila Valieva entourage after fourth-place finish
Indiana inches closer to banning transgender girls from participation in girls' sports
https://www.kpcnews.com/news/state/article_59da58ef-2446-5a2a-ac10-ca8e6394783e.html
Florida lawsuit around law barring trans athletes held up by another Florida lawsuit
States rethink restrictive NIL laws
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2022/02/11/states-rethink-restrictive-nil-laws
Social media dominates NIL activity, latest data shows
https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Daily/Issues/2022/02/17/Marketing-and-Sponsorship/NIL-data.aspx
Letting Athletes Make Money Is Destroying College Football
State NIL Law Revisions Needed to Deal With Fairness, Antitrust Issues
https://www.sportico.com/leagues/college-sports/2022/state-nil-laws-revision-1234661547/
Florida 'can't compete' with others in NIL. What that means and why it matters
NCAA Pay-for-Play Panic Just Might Be a Cry for Federal Help
https://www.sportico.com/leagues/college-sports/2022/ncaa-pay-for-play-panic-1234661545/
Third-party NIL collectives luring recruits are legal
Matt Harvey Cocaine Use New York Mets Tyler Skaggs MLB Drug Culture
https://www.sportico.com/law/analysis/2022/matt-harvey-cocaine-use-1234661847/
Tyler Skaggs death: Eric Prescott Kay, former Los Angeles Angels official, found guilty
https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/17/sport/tyler-skaggs-death-eric-kay-conviction-spt/index.html
Time For Snyder To "Move On"
Dan Snyder Stephen Ross Ownership Termination Vote NFL Legal Procedure
https://www.sportico.com/law/analysis/2022/dan-snyder-stephen-ross-1234661952/
House committee looking at NFL documents in Washington Commanders probe
Counsel Liability Waiver in NFL Concussion Settlement Criticized
Career Spotlight - Clay Allen, General Counsel, Houston Rockets
https://harvardjsel.com/2022/02/career-spotlight-clay-allen-general-counsel-houston-rockets/
ROC President claims figure skating team event results are non-revisable
Okagbare hit with ten year ban for breaches of anti-doping rules
https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1119466/okagbare-ban-for-doping-breaches