Every February, the NBA’s biggest stars come together for one weekend in a made-for-television spectacle meant to celebrate the league’s brightest talents and give the fans something to get excited about. Yet what is supposed to be a showcase of joy and creativity has become a flashpoint for frustration. If the event feels increasingly strained,... Continue Reading →
The NCAA typically does not allow athletes to compete in college sports if they have ever signed a professional contract. According to ESPN, the issue came to light when former Alabama men’s basketball player Charles Bediako decided to return to the team after spending the 2023-2024 season in the NBA G League, the NBA’s professional... Continue Reading →
My last blog post discussed the possibility of an increase in malpractice lawsuits against providers due to formerly “amateur” athletes earning substantial amounts of money and getting injured.[1] See https://ublawsportsforum.com/2026/02/09/paid-athletes-and-the-impact-on-liability-for-providers/. Lawsuits may arise if athletes are cleared to return-to-play too early or do not return to their pre-injury performance level. Institutions may be held liable... Continue Reading →
After a phenomenal season capped off by winning their third World Series victory in the last five seasons[1], the Los Angeles Dodgers picked up the offseason right where they left off by winning the bidding war over superstar outfielder Kyle Tucker.[2] Tucker, 29, spent the last season with the Chicago Cubs before becoming one of... Continue Reading →
The Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) was founded in 2023. The original league featured six teams from New York, Boston, Minnesota, Ottawa, Montreal, and Toronto. The league played the first two seasons with these six teams. At the end of the second season, the PWHL announced that it would expand from six teams to eight,... Continue Reading →
After six weeks of silence, the WNBA finally delivered. On Friday evening, February 6, the league submitted its latest collective bargaining agreement proposal to the players union– a counter-offer the players had been waiting for since submitting their own proposal back in December. However, what arrived was a mixed bag; incremental progress on player demands... Continue Reading →
Formerly “amateur” athletes are earning substantial amounts of money, which has led to providers being concerned with liability if something goes wrong. The recent changes to NCAA practices now allowing NIL deals create the possibility of more malpractice lawsuits against team physicians and other medical providers.[1] It is now common for high-profile college athletes to... Continue Reading →
The NBA’s labor market is often framed as a balance between player autonomy and team control, but that framing obscures a deeper structural reality: superstar players and teams do not operate with symmetrical power, even though both are bound by the same collective bargaining agreement. The relationship between Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks... Continue Reading →
If you follow college sports in any capacity, you understand that the landscape has been rapidly evolving over the last decade. All the changes from transfer portal to NIL have led to the creation of the College Sports Commission (CSC), which is a new entity specifically created to enforce the terms of the House v.... Continue Reading →
Those who have followed the NFL this season will remember that towards the beginning of the season Tom Brady was under fire for being in the Raiders’ coaching booth with a headset on despite engaging in Fox Sports production meetings where he gained insight other people around the league didn’t yet have.[1] As that conflict-of-interest... Continue Reading →