Sports News for the Week Ending July 1st
By Bennett Liebman
Las Vegas Raiders face allegations, lawsuits from former employees
Oakland tries to get U.S. Supreme Court to overturn dismissal of Raiders relocation lawsuit
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
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
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
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
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
NIL's 1st anniversary: Pac-12 schools "not out in front" in new era,
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