Sports News for the Week Ending July 1st

By Bennett Liebman

Las Vegas Raiders face allegations, lawsuits from former employees

https://www.reviewjournal.com/investigations/how-a-boys-club-raiders-culture-fueled-turnover-lawsuits-and-harassment-claims-2598298/

Oakland tries to get U.S. Supreme Court to overturn dismissal of Raiders relocation lawsuit

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/oakland-tries-to-get-us-supreme-court-to-overturn-dismissal-of-raiders-relocation-lawsuit/ar-AAZ2Vah

Deshaun Watson's Disciplinary Hearing: Legal Arguments to Expect

https://www.sportico.com/law/analysis/2022/deshaun-watson-hearing-legal-arguments-nfl-suspension-1234679696/

Deshaun Watson accuser sues Houston Texans for negligence

https://theathletic.com/news/deshaun-watson-accuser-sues-houston-texans/DBH0j0Gbq35d/

Report: NFL seeks indefinite suspension of Deshaun Watson

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/06/25/report-nfl-seeks-indefinite-suspension-of-deshaun-watson-lasting-at-least-one-year/

Senate Judiciary Committee targets MLB's antitrust exemption

https://theathletic.com/3355323/2022/06/28/mlb-minor-league-antitrust-exemption/

Can Congress actually do anything to Dan Snyder?

https://www.sportico.com/law/analysis/2022/coach-prayer-supreme-court-1234679757/

Federal government, Tennessee, at odds over transgender athletes

https://www.timesnews.net/news/education/federal-government-tennessee-at-odds-over-transgender-athletes/article_df628c48-f7f3-11ec-91cc-b3a029502716.html

Lawsuit filed to stop HISA launch on Friday, but judge denies injunction

https://www.natlawreview.com/article/hisa-enters-starting-gate-july-1-texas-balks

FTC Begins Implementing the Racetrack Safety Rule July 1, 2022

https://www.natlawreview.com/article/hisa-enters-starting-gate-july-1-texas-balks

Texas Racing Commission to Cease Exporting and Importing Pari-Mutuel Simulcast Signals of "Covered Horseraces" Under the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act as of July 1, 2022

https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/texas-racing-commission-to-cease-8104793/

Hours Away From HISA's Implementation, Unanswered Questions Remain

https://www.usbets.com/hisa-implementation-unanswered-questions-remain/

Gary Bettman Oversees NHL Arbitration of Pittsburgh Penguins Ownership Dispute

https://www.sportico.com/law/analysis/2022/gary-bettman-oversees-1234680208/

California agency clears way for Oakland Athletics' $12B ballpark plan

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/34175306/california-agency-clears-way-oakland-athletics-12b-ballpark-plan

NLRB Counsel Abruzzo's NCAA Memo Has Yet to Spur Athlete Unionizing

https://www.sportico.com/leagues/college-sports/2022/nlrb-counsel-abruzzos-ncaa-1234679678/

Big Ten shakes up college sports again

https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/terps/bs-sp-maryland-big-ten-expansion-usc-ucla-analysis-20220630-a26646hkibd2bkot3luafoa2tu-story.html

Carson Pickett becomes first player with limb difference to play for USWNT

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/jun/29/carson-pickett-becomes-first-player-with-limb-difference-to-play-for-uswnt

A Short Treatise on College-Athlete Name, Image, and Likeness Rights

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4055530

College NIL Anniversary Roils Debate on Future of Athlete Pay

https://www.sportico.com/leagues/college-sports/2022/nil-one-year-anniversary-1234680141/

Perspectives from around college sports on NIL's one-year anniversar

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/34158535/perspectives-college-sports-nil-one-year-anniversary

NIL's 1st anniversary: Pac-12 schools "not out in front" in new era,

https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/06/29/year-one-of-the-nil-era-pac-12-not-out-in-front-as-recruiting-process-shifts-dramatically/

Rays minority owners sue principal owner over 'fraudulent transfer,' other claims,

https://theathletic.com/news/rays-lawsuit-stu-sternberg/0LRIagBcWIpf/

Department of Education Proposes New Regulations Under Title IX,

https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/department-of-education-proposes-new-1541612/

Title IX Proposed Changes Raise Due Process Concerns,

https://www.sportico.com/law/analysis/2022/title-ix-proposed-changes-due-process-1234680080/

Freddie Freeman agent Casey Close denies he withheld Braves offer

https://www.si.com/mlb/2022/06/30/freddie-freeman-casey-close-doug-gottlieb