Sports News for the Week Ending April 30th
By Bennett Liebman
NCAA Legal Chief Remy Prepares to Depart as Legal Bills Rise
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/ncaa-legal-chief-remy-prepares-to-depart-as-legal-bills-rise
Fla. Pushes Back Name, Image Law Date In Anti-Trans Bill
https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/1380090/fla-pushes-back-name-image-law-date-in-anti-trans-bill
Pending delay in Florida NIL law enrages state coaches and athletes
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/04/29/florida-nil-law-delay/
NIL Legal Challenges Await College Sports
https://www.sportico.com/law/analysis/2021/nil-legal-challenges-1234628197/
US Supreme Court Poised to Revolutionize College Athletics
No big backlash for states passing anti-transgender laws
https://universe.byu.edu/2021/04/29/no-big-backlash-for-states-passing-anti-transgender-laws/
Dubai's Ruler Is Entangled in a Kentucky Derby Controversy
Rob Manfred's $8 Billion MLB Expansion Catch-22
New England Patriots Owner Robert Kraft On NFL's New Media Deals,
New Trier grad sentenced to more than 2 years in prison
U.S. Supreme Court Cheerleader Free Speech Case NCAA Athlete Impact
https://www.sportico.com/law/analysis/2021/us-supreme-court-cheerleader-free-speech-1234628365/
College Sports Teams Cut by Administrators over Culture, Not Budgets
https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/04/when-the-faculty-lounge-goes-after-college-sports/
Endeavor Goes Public as Fertittas, Larry Ellison Among IPO Investors
https://www.sportico.com/business/finance/2021/endeavor-goes-public-fertittas-larry-ellison-1234628479/
Rapinoe, Bird and Female Stars Come Together in Limited NFT Collection
https://www.sportico.com/business/commerce/2021/uswnt-wnba-olympic-athletes-nft-collection-1234627493/
Hashimoto acknowledges Tokyo 2020 could take place behind closed doors
https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1107240/tokyo-2020-possible-behind-closed-doors
Coronavirus: Tokyo Olympics may take place without spectators, organiser concedes
New legislation to make referee harassment Class A misdemeanor
https://wqow.com/2021/04/28/new-legislation-to-make-referee-harassment-class-a-misdemeanor/
Testing to take centre stage at COVID Games as ITA face challenges
https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1107227/ita-facing-covid-challenges-tokyo-2020
An Overview Of The IOC's Anti-Doping Rules For The Tokyo Olympics
https://www.lawinsport.com/topics/item/an-overview-of-the-ioc-s-anti-doping-rules-for-the-tokyo-olympics
New Zealand Rugby Approves Silver Lake's $281 Million, Players Unsure, https://www.sportico.com/business/finance/2021/all-blacks-silver-lake-1234628514/
Thierry Henry says English football's social media boycott was what he wanted
The ban on Olympic protests only empowers the protester
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/04/25/ioc-rule-50-olympics/
Article 50: Why IOC chose to continue the ban on protests on field, podiums