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

https://www.law.com/thelegalintelligencer/2021/04/29/us-supreme-court-poised-to-revolutionize-college-athletics/?slreturn=20210330132839

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

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/29/sports/horse-racing/kentucky-derby-sheikh-mohammed-dubai.html?smid=tw-share

Rob Manfred's $8 Billion MLB Expansion Catch-22

https://www.forbes.com/sites/maurybrown/2021/04/29/rob-manfreds-8-billion-mlb-expansion-catch-22/?sh=6ac3d25b39ed

New England Patriots Owner Robert Kraft On NFL's New Media Deals,

https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeozanian/2021/04/29/patriots-owner-robert-kraft-on-nfls-new-media-deals/?utm_source=TWITTER&utm_medium=social&utm_content=4771438965&utm_campaign=sprinklrSportsMoneyTwitter&sh=58a403762d38

New Trier grad sentenced to more than 2 years in prison

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/criminal-justice/ct-new-trier-grad-las-vegas-gambler-fraud-sentencing-20210429-tg4wuwjzpvhb5fxqk3ofo7mihy-story.html

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

https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3131809/coronavirus-tokyo-2020-olympics-may-take-place-without-spectators

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

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-9508153/Thierry-Henry-says-English-footballs-social-media-boycott-wanted-quit-himself.html

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

https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/article-50-why-ioc-chose-to-continue-ban-on-protests-on-field-podiums-7291778/