Sports News for Week Ending May 6th

By Bennett Liebman

Georgia High School Association uses new law to implement anti-trans sports ban

https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/04/politics/georgia-high-school-transgender-sports-ban/index.html

Talking Sports Law: A Conversation with Brandon Briggs of Inter Miami CF

https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/hub-talks-talking-sports-law-a-7429509/

Latvia blocks teams from participating in events in Russia and Belarus

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1122518/latvia-blocks-teams-russia-belarus

Browns investigation: Details on Hue Jackson's allegations of tanking

https://www.si.com/nfl/2022/05/04/hue-jackson-nfl-investigation-browns-tanking

Browns, through outside counsel, told Hue Jackson to zip it

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/05/04/browns-through-outside-counsel-told-hue-jackson-to-zip-it-over-tanking-allegations/

NFL's ruling in Browns investigation could legalize tanking

https://www.si.com/nfl/2022/05/05/nfl-browns-investigation-creates-manual-for-tanking

Flores lawyer: Unconscionable for NFL commissioner to arbitrate

https://whdh.com/sports/flores-lawyer-unconscionable-for-nfl-commissioner-to-arbitrate-racial-discrimination-suit-against-league/

Brian Flores Court Hearing For NFL Lawsuit Arbitration Defenses

https://www.sportico.com/law/analysis/2022/brian-flores-court-hearing-1234674278/

Miami's Isaiah Wong shows how college sports is hurtling toward free market

https://www.syracuse.com/sports/2022/05/miamis-isaiah-wong-shows-how-college-sports-is-hurtling-toward-free-market.html

College leaders urge NCAA to enforce new guidelines

https://www.si.com/college/2022/05/06/nil-chaos-leaders-urging-ncaa-new-guidelines

NCAA unlikely to meet constitution deadline as hot-button NIL issue disrupts college athletics

https://www.si.com/college/2022/05/06/nil-chaos-leaders-urging-ncaa-new-guidelines

NIL, 'booster banks' and recruiting wars

https://www.si.com/college/2022/05/02/nil-name-image-likeness-experts-divided-over-boosters-laws-recruiting

LSU football coach Brian Kelly calls current NIL model 'not sustainable'

https://247sports.com/college/oklahoma/Article/LSU-football-coach-Brian-Kelly-calls-current-NIL-model-not-sustainable-187245793/

SEC, Pac-12 commissioners meet with Congress members to discuss NIL legislation

https://theathletic.com/news/sec-pac-12-commissioners-congress-nil/pD9eJq4HqflU/?source=twitterhq

Bob Baffert won't be at Kentucky Derby, but racing still can't shake him

https://www.si.com/horse-racing/2022/05/04/kentucky-derby-bob-baffert-medina-spirit-controversy-horses-daily-cover

HISA, Horse Racing's New Governing Body, In Rush To Starting Gate

https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2022/05/05/hisa-horse-racing-governing-body-kentucky-derby/

Racing Still Mourns the Ill-Fated Kentucky Derby Winner, Medina Spirit

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/06/sports/horse-racing/medina-spirit-kentucky-derby.html?unlocked_article_code=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACEIPuomT1JKd6J17Vw1cRCfTTMQmqxCdw_PIxftm3iWka3DIDm4ciP8NBJKc4ADNYrB4ap4p1j-aQtAGNbIjRfp7i_RHPlZsV0yrr52YhZ8GMmA5pJi5TyU2w5fJF_gewAPdU1OYeq151aHt-FWPKiSxCvmIz3wlJg0zp5VkaQygjnAXwqrHGvp-0oIvwat1AMx5Qz4LbSKMuOL6SEkrYKXwZR7Y6wg0XuhZSGuTyYbas-RcBV0UXVHWT3p_4nI-7MdeP74UP6X9Jx0gcKnukOlbSzwofMryWcpHF8WDnK5qsLXNtRWI1MOxov02H6xft7jP2X2oHXeoerIpJj4ub1KCrv2eFQ&smid=tw-share

Trevor Bauer suspension, explained

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/mlb/news/trevor-bauer-suspension-mlb-domestic-violence-sexual-assault/xsoryejoygekwzhm1ax38cfo

NIL Legal Issues NCAA Guidelines on Collectives

https://www.sportico.com/law/analysis/2022/ncaa-ban-on-booster-backed-nil-collectives-invites-legal-chaos-1234674386/

Brittney Griner Reclassified as Wrongfully Detained

https://www.sportico.com/law/analysis/2022/brittney-griner-reclassified-1234674329/

Is Russia holding Brittney Griner hostage?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/06/brittney-griner-wnba-russia-detained-hostage-putin/

Closing arguments in Doug Brenner's case against NCAA

https://www.oregonlive.com/ducks/2022/05/closing-arguments-in-doug-brenners-case-against-ncaa-pose-calls-for-regulation-vs-lottery-ticket-swing-for-damages.html

Solomon: Administrators' deaf ears just as bad as ex-TSU coach's abusive behavior

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/texas-sports-nation/jerome-solomon/article/texas-southern-abuse-17152688.php

Indian discus athlete Kamalpreet Kaur provisionally suspended for positive steroid sample

https://www.infobae.com/aroundtherings/articles/2022/05/05/indian-discus-athlete-kamalpreet-kaur-provisionally-suspended-for-positive-steroid-sample/

International Skating Union proposes minimum age increase

https://www.infobae.com/aroundtherings/articles/2022/05/05/indian-discus-athlete-kamalpreet-kaur-provisionally-suspended-for-positive-steroid-sample/