The 2019-2020 NBA season has come to an end with the Los Angeles Lakers winning their 17th championship. This accomplishment proves all the worthier when the tumultuous season is put in perspective. The COVID-19 pandemic caused the season to be…
Under Armour was hoping its logo would quietly disappear from the players’ uniforms and the athletic facilities at the University of California, Los Angeles (“UCLA”), after informing UCLA this past June that they were discontinuing their partnership with the school.…
“Our job at the least is to keep these conversations going. We’re not political elites. We’re not politicians. We’re not educators. But we have influence.” – Celtics swingman Jaylen Brown “With great power comes great responsibility.” This popular quote comes…
Cheating in professional sports is nothing new. Over time, in almost every well-known professional sport, scandals have been uncovered. Whenever a cheating scandal comes to light, as a fan, you hope that the proper punishment will be administered and that…
Nowadays, sports fans are just a tweet or an Instagram comment from getting to communicate directly with their favorite athletes. As social media usage and athlete salaries have gone up, the barriers between fan and player have decreased, making it…
Many states across the country have either allowed or are drafting legislation to allow for legal sports betting.[1] Under the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) of 1992, sports gambling was prohibited under federal law.[2] On May 14, 2018,…
On August 11, 2019, California’s state assembly unanimously passed SB-206, a bill that will allow student athletes to receive compensation during their time as a collegiate athlete. If signed or overlooked by California Governor Gavin Newsom within thirty days, SB-206…
Dish Network has taken Univision, a broadcast television network, to court over Univision’s Facebook streaming of the Liga MX soccer games.[1] In simplistic form, the issue before the District Court in the Southern District of New York, was whether…
Last Friday, September 22, Golden State Warrior’s player Stephen Curry had a press conference[1] during the Warriors’ Media Day. This year’s Media Day marks the unofficial start of the 2017-2018 basketball season where the players pose for photos, record…
The very popular video game, “Madden NFL” by Electronic Arts Inc. (“EA”) has been around for quite some time since its release in 1988.[1] One would think that for the most part, all the legal “kinks” would have been addressed…
On July, 2016, Chris Correa, the former Scouting Director of the St. Louis Cardinals, was sentenced to 46-months in prison, and fined approximately $300,000.00, for hacking the Houston Astro’s database in 2013-2014.[1] He pled guilty to “five criminal counts for…
A former student at Baylor University filed suit in federal court against the university on Friday, January 27, 2017, claiming that she was raped by two former football players and that the university did not protect her.[1] Baylor University has…
