Sports Law News for the Week for March 12th
By Bennett Liebman
Legal Experts React to Mississippi's Anti-Transgender Law
Athletes tell NCAA: Move tournaments out of states with anti-trans laws
Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against FanDuel
https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=05d166db-e768-4354-aa3f-cdde7a5ee99b
Volleyball Player Lost Her Job Over Pregnancy
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/11/world/europe/pregnant-volleyball-player-sues.html
Sports fans win in post-COVID ticketing
https://www.espn.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/31011002/sports-fans-win-post-covid-ticketing
4 Ways The Pandemic Altered Sports Law, For Better Or Worse
https://www.law360.com/articles/1362154/4-ways-the-pandemic-altered-sports-law-for-better-or-worse
Darren Drysdale: FA give referee backdated suspension
https://theathletic.com/news/darren-drysdale-referee-suspension-ban/vCrpK4n5bfHp
Justice Department Backs College Athletes in Supreme Court Case
https://www.wsj.com/articles/justice-department-backs-college-athletes-in-supreme-court-case-11615416343
Former NCAA Officials Blow Whistle on Amateurism
https://www.sportico.com/leagues/college-sports/2021/former-ncaa-officials-scotus-brief-1234624511/
NCAA Lawyer Files Petition To Cancel Vasectomy Mayhem Trademark
The Story Of Big League Advance, Which Hit A Grand Slam With Fernando Tatis Jr
https://www.outkick.com/the-story-of-big-league-advance-which-hit-a-grand-slam-with-fernando-tatis-jr/
Judge orders NFL, class counsel to 'address the concerns' about race-norming
https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/judge-orders-nfl-class-counsel-address-concerns-race/story?id=76321584
Logistics Of Staging March Madness 2021
Ancestry Yearbook Lawsuit Uses Sports Cases as Precedent
https://www.sportico.com/law/analysis/2021/ancestry-yearbook-lawsuit-1234624180/
The NFL Coach, the Nobel Prize Winner and One Crazy Idea to Fix Overtime
https://www.wsj.com/articles/nfl-overtime-rule-change-ravens-harbaugh-11615431254
Why an outright ban on gambling sponsorship would be a misplaced bet
Evander Kane, Sharks notify bankruptcy court that they might void his contract
Meyers Leonard fined $50,000 for slur
https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/11/football/nba-meyers-leonard-fine-suspension-spt-intl/index.html
Beijing 2022 'Well on Track'
http://aroundtherings.com/site/A__102799/Title__Beijing-2022-Well-on-Track/292/Articles
Rocket Mortgage Greatly Expands Partnership with Michigan State
Snyder Fails to Convince Court
https://www.sportico.com/law/analysis/2021/snyder-attempt-to-unveil-critics-fails-1234624355/
BELICHICK OVERPAID BIELEMA TO AVOID ARKANSAS SALARY FIGHT, FILING SAYS
https://www.sportico.com/law/analysis/2021/bill-belichick-robert-kraft-emails-1234624352/