Source: Sporting News/SN Illustration Football is back, but the fan experience is much different this year. Due to the pandemic, NFL teams have been faced with the tough decision of whether to allow fans to spectate the games in-person or not. Since the states have the power to place statewide guidelines, each team has to... Continue Reading →
Photo Source: New York Post/Shutterstock Imagine being able to come home at the end of a long day, open an app on your phone, and place a bet on the game you waited all day to watch. In New York State Senator Joseph Addabbo’s mind, that legal mobile sports betting dream should already be a... Continue Reading →
Sahlen Field displaying the Toronto Blue Jays logo. Sahlen Field is slated to host 25 of the Blue Jays' 60 games. Photo Source: Buffalo Bisons/Facebook. Major League Baseball is scheduled to return to Buffalo for the first time in over a century on August 11, as the Toronto Blue Jays face the Miami Marlins at... Continue Reading →
Bo Bichette, Cavan Biggio and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. with the Buffalo Bisons. Source: Twitter/@buffalobisons. Former Mayor of Buffalo Jimmy Griffin was instrumental in the construction of Sahlen Field, with the hopes of attracting Major League Baseball to Buffalo, NY. Thirty-two years after construction completed, Griffin's wish may be finally fulfilled. On Saturday, the Canadian federal... Continue Reading →
Photo Source: AP Photo / Jeffrey McWhorter. The U.S. Women's National Soccer team suffered a massive defeat in U.S. Federal Court for the Central District of California, as two of their four complaints were thrown out by Judge R. Gary Klausner in a decision filed on Friday, May 1. The players of the U.S. Women's... Continue Reading →
This series is a discussion of the legal issues in the sports world amid the novel coronavirus. This is a first for our forum, where each of our contributors will be authoring at least one post, discussing either the sports world now, or what will likely happen in the future, during this unprecedented time. One post will... Continue Reading →
Photo Source: The Canadian Press / Jason Franson The NBA and NHL share the winter and spring schedule in venues across North America. However, the leagues are in two different situations during the 2020 COVID-19 suspension. The future of NBA salaries are in flux, with players not understanding what the future holds, while a select... Continue Reading →
Photo Credit: DynastyLeagueFootball With exciting new moves in Buffalo (hello Stefon Diggs!) the 2020 free agency gave NFL fans a bit of excitement and distraction during these tragic times. However, anyone reading about these moves must wonder what we all have begun wondering when nearly anything happens: how will COVID-19 affect this? The NFL has... Continue Reading →
The new NFLPA President, J.C. Tretter (a Batavia native!) The deal, which was approved by a margin of 1,019 to 959 will run through the 2030 season and provide a decade of what the NFL calls “labor peace.” More on what this means later . . . Big Changes Facilitated by this CBA 17-game regular... Continue Reading →
All eyes are on the NFL as the full NFL player body will soon vote on the proposed collective bargaining agreement. In his article summarizing the issues on the table, Dom Cosentino notes the following highlights, to which I have added my own legal analysis. An additional $80 million in payments in the next three... Continue Reading →
