Sports News for the Week of October 22nd

By Bennett Liebman

Chinese broadcast of Boston Celtics game pulled after Kanter's pro-Tibet video

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1114450/basketball-nba-kanter-china

Wada uncovers 'potential wrongdoing' in drug testing of British cyclists

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/oct/19/wada-uncovers-potential-wrongdoing-in-drug-testing-of-british-cyclists

House Democrats press NFL for emails, answers about WFT workplace culture probe

https://theathletic.com/news/house-democrats-press-nfl-for-emails-answers-about-wft-workplace-culture-probe/JkwQRCabIptR/

House Democrats press NFL for answers about WFT probe

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/10/21/congress-nfl-wft-emails/

Analysis: Nick Rolovich's firing by WSU has consequences, and not just for him

https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/wsu-cougar-football/analysis-nick-rolovichs-firing-by-wsu-has-consequences-and-not-just-for-him/

Former Washington State coach Nick Rolovich has limited options after firing

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/former-washington-state-coach-nick-rolovich-has-limited-options-after-firing-over-vaccine-mandate/ar-AAPKQUP?ocid=BingNewsSearch

Texas Bill Restricting Transgender Student-Athlete Participation to Become Law

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/former-washington-state-coach-nick-rolovich-has-limited-options-after-firing-over-vaccine-mandate/ar-AAPKQUP?ocid=BingNewsSearch

Vaccines in sports at a glance

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/article255132912.html

New York State high school student-athletes can profit off their name and likeness

https://www.wgrz.com/article/sports/high-school/new-york-state-high-school-student-athletes-could-profit-off-name-image-likeness/71-1c8bcb63-b653-48f4-ab31-4894e2850f45

Why NFL expansion speculation is a really bad idea

https://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/ben-frederickson/benfred-in-latest-rams-relocation-hearing-a-reminder-why-nfl-expansion-speculation-doesnt-have-to/article_1d6b2dbb-ddaf-5231-9b64-56a7778dbd63.html

Judge sacks lawyer Bob Blitz from St. Louis relocation lawsuit against Rams

https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/judge-sacks-lawyer-bob-blitz-from-st-louis-relocation-lawsuit-against-rams-nfl/article_0602860d-0a6e-5683-bf4c-d56b23991168.html

Deflategate Lawyer Has 1,000 Emails Among the 650K That Took Down Jon Gruden

https://www.barstoolsports.com/blog/3389976/goodells-sketchy-deflategate-lawyer-has-1000-emails-among-the-650k-that-took-down-jon-gruden

Deflategate Legal New England Patriots Washington Football Jeff Pash, https://www.sportico.com/law/analysis/2021/deflategate-legal-new-england-1234644194/

Opinion | What Jon Gruden's Emails Tell Us About Cancel Culture

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/19/opinion/culture/jon-gruden-nfl-cancel-culture.html

La'el Collins Lawsuit Drug Suspension Judge Rules for NFL

https://www.sportico.com/law/analysis/2021/lael-collins-drug-suspension-nfl-1234644108/

NFL to remove 'race-norming' from concussion settlement evaluations

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/10/20/nfl-players-race-norming-concussions/

Adviser Accused of Defrauding NFL Players Must Pay SEC Fine

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/securities-law/adviser-accused-of-defrauding-nfl-players-must-pay-sec-fine

Which states have best NIL laws for college athletes to make money, https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/10/21/name-image-likeness-laws-state-rankings/

The 5 Biggest Name, Image, and Likeness Takeaways for Athletic Conferences

https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/the-5-biggest-name-image-and-likeness-7878638/

More States are Allowing College Athletes to Profit off Their Names

https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/more-states-are-allowing-college-3335836/

Gabe Feldman explains the new era of compensation for college athletes

https://news.tulane.edu/pr/tulane-sports-law-expert-gabe-feldman-explains-new-era-compensation-college-athletes

Lawmakers call on US Soccer and NWSL to investigate abuse allegations

https://www.axios.com/nwsl-abuse-allegations-investigations-d380ab54-38ad-4385-8c86-904f58dbd730.html

NCAA Authorizes "March Madness" for Women's Basketball Jump Ball! https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/jump-ball-ncaa-authorizes-use-of-iconic-1715751/

World Cup every two years project loses momentum. https://www.infobae.com/aroundtherings/articles/2021/10/21/world-cup-every-two-years-project-loses-momentum-infantino-agrees-not-to-put-the-issue-to-a-vote-in-december/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Referees need a law for safety

https://www.mariettatimes.com/opinion/editorials/2021/10/referees-need-a-law-to-keep-safe/