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Is a Patchwork of State NIL Laws Unconstitutional?
BY: MICHAEL FASCIALE Can the NCAA successfully argue that the fractured state-by-state approach to name, image, and likeness (NIL)...
condetrimental
Oct 5, 20214 min read
CASE STUDY: NFL Franchise Tag and 5th-Year Option Litigation Analysis
A report surfaced recently that Seahawks Safety Jamal Adams would have filed a grievance alleging that he is a Linebacker if the Seahawks...
Edward Healy
Oct 5, 20215 min read
NIL Deal Structure for Student-Athletes, Businesses, and Institutions
BY: RJ CURINGTON Student-athletes across all collegiate sports have signed name, image, and likeness (“NIL”) agreements with businesses....
condetrimental
Oct 4, 20214 min read
One Door Closes While Another Opens: In The Evander Kane Saga
The NHL investigation surrounding Evander Kane's gambling has been closed, but new allegations by his ex-wife Anna Kane concerning abuse...
Jessica Shaw
Oct 4, 20213 min read
Ben Simmons’ Contract Holdout and Legal Tightrope
You hear the statement when athletes attempt to place their work in perspective – professional sports is a business. It’s true, despite...
Matthew Netti
Oct 4, 20215 min read
EXCLUSIVE: NFL Files Emergency Writ to Appeals Court to Move Trial Out of St. Louis
BY: DAN LUST, DAN WALLACH AND STEPHANIE WEISSENBURGER Conduct Detrimental has obtained a copy of the NFL's emergency application...
condetrimental
Oct 4, 20212 min read
Bringing Down the House: The NCAA and the Power 5 Conferences Response in NIL Litigation
On Wednesday, September 22, 2021, the NCAA and each of the Power 5 Conferences filed an answer in In Re College Athlete NIL Litigation...
John Sigety
Oct 1, 20214 min read
Da ‘Burbs? Chicago Bears Take Big Step Towards Soldier Field Exit
Could the Bears—the team of Mike Ditka, as synonymous with Chicago as deep dish pizza, hot dogs without ketchup, and corrupt...
Ben Shrader
Oct 1, 20213 min read
A Domestic Violence Case involving an MLB All-Star, that is NOT Trevor Bauer
BY: ANDREW COHEN While the sports world has heard about the Trevor Bauer story, many are unaware that his story was not the first...
condetrimental
Oct 1, 20214 min read
NIL – New Intraconference Lucrativeness
BY: MICHAEL MILLSTEIN While many of us anticipated that 2020 had cemented its legacy as the craziest year of the current decade, those in...
condetrimental
Sep 30, 20214 min read
NLRB General Counsel: College Athletes ARE Employees
Amidst several ongoing lawsuits where college athletes are asserting that they are employees of the universities they play at under the...
Grant Williamson
Sep 29, 20214 min read
“College Athletes are Employees”, says NLRB, Potentially Clearing the Path for Unionization
In yet another win for college athletes, National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo has issued a memo that...
John Nucci
Sep 29, 20213 min read
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