[1] As of late last week, Buffalo Bills owners Terry and Kim Pegula are currently exploring the possibility of selling a non-controlling, minority interest in the team.[2] The current working figure is a 25% stake in the franchise, though this number is not set in stone.[3] In a statement released on Friday, the Bills stated... Continue Reading →
The National Football League has been trying to fix its image as it relates to concussions and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, or CTE, for the better part of two decades.1 Along with trying to protect its image, the NFL has had vast numbers of lawsuits on the issue. As of April 08, 2024, the Payable Monetary... Continue Reading →
On Sunday, April 7th, former University of Texas star defensive tackle T’Vondre Sweat was arrested on a charge of suspicion of driving while intoxicated in Austin, Texas.[1] According to local news stations, Sweat was driving on Interstate 35 and was booked at 2:12 pm.[2] Sweat posted a$3,000 bond following his arrest.[3] Sweat was supposed to... Continue Reading →
An NFL arbitrator ordered the Arizona Cardinals to pay former executive Terry McDonough $3 million on Monday in a decision filed in federal court.1 The Cardinals were ordered to pay McDonough this money for false and defamatory comments made by the Cardinals and their owner, Michael Bidwill. McDonough brought the defamation claim back in April... Continue Reading →
Lately, it feels like there are more and more white-collar crimes being committed in the sports world. From shady agents (ex-NBA agent Charles Briscoe), to greedy doctors (NBA Dr. Wahab), to perfectionist parents (Operation Varsity Blues), it seems no sport is safe from fraudsters. Now, a former Jacksonville Jaguars finance employee has been sentenced to six years and six... Continue Reading →
Dallas Cowboys star Quarterback Rayne Dakota Prescott filed a defamation and extortion lawsuit against Victoria Shores and her attorneys on Monday, March 11, 2024. The lawsuit stems from a letter sent to Dak Prescott’s legal counsel via Mrs. Shores's attorneys.1 The letter, dated January 16, 2024, states that Dak Prescott sexually assaulted Mrs. Shores back... Continue Reading →
This past Sunday, the Los Angeles Football Club (“LAFC”) traveled to Utah to play Real Salt Lake (“RSL”). The game resulted in a 3-0 loss as RSL defeated LAFC. However, the storyline of the game was not the result of the game itself, but the conditions in which the game was played. What was supposed... Continue Reading →
February 14th, 2024, was supposed to be a celebratory day for Kansas City, Missouri. After all, natives filled the city streets celebrating their Kansas Chiefs' 25-22 victory over the San Francisco 49ers in Superbowl LVIII. The team’s third Super Bowl victory in four years, yet the celebration immediately turned into tragedy as just a few... Continue Reading →
In a 2019 lawsuit, player associations from the NFL, MLB, and NHL challenged the jock tax enforced by the City of Pittsburgh. The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court ruled that Pittsburgh’s fee on nonresident professional athletes was a violation of the state constitution’s uniformity clause.[1] However, the City of Pittsburg is now in front of the Pennsylvania... Continue Reading →
Deadspin has found itself the defendant of a defamation lawsuit following Carron Phillips’s comments that a 9-year-old Kansas City Chiefs fan had “found a way to hate Black people and the Native American at the same time.”[1] The boy, Holden Armenta, wore a headdress and face paint at a Chiefs-Raiders game. Since Phillips’s article was... Continue Reading →