Photo Source: Twitter/@SalSports The Buffalo Bills, under New York State mandate, played their first two home games without fans. However, there has been some momentum to allow fans for the Bills' next home game, October 15, against the Kansas City Chiefs. For fans to attend games, positive COVID cases would have to safely stabilize for... Continue Reading →
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 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 →
It is unlikely anyone reading this does not know about Nike: a company that ranks among the top of the list of Fortune 500 companies that are the largest United States corporations by total revenue, Nike permeates every facet of athletics - from sportswear to advertising to equipment. In 2014, Nike was valued at $19... Continue Reading →
Lost in the midst of a hectic December in the NFL was the federal indictment filed in the Eastern District of Kentucky alleging ten former players engaged in systematic healthcare fraud. According to prosecutors, the players defrauded the Gene Upshaw NFL Player Health Reimbursement Account Plan. The Plan was founded as part of the 2006... Continue Reading →
As the Yankees regroup for Game 4 of the ALCS they will still be without the services of Domingo German. He remains on administrative leave while being investigated for an incident of domestic violence. Major League Baseball is investigating the issue and has not released additional details about the incident. A police report was not... Continue Reading →
As Antonio Brown scored his first touchdown as a Patriot last Sunday, it seemed that maybe, just maybe, the dust had settled and things were about to quiet down on the AB front. Then, as quickly as they grabbed him, the Patriots dropped Brown just before the third week of the regular season. As entertaining... Continue Reading →
Photo Credit: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette AB is the center of the news headlines once again, but this time it is not for his entertaining, albeit irrational behavior. Today, Brown's former trainer filed a lawsuit, accusing him of rape. This weekend has seen nothing but news on AB. From his social media posts, to his release from... Continue Reading →
