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 →
During week 1 of the 2007 NFL season, the New England Patriots were facing the New York Jets. Right before halftime, a video assistant for the Patriots was caught illegally videotaping the hand signals from the Jets defensive assistants. The Patriots later admitted to the videotaping, and both the Patriots and head coach Bill Belichick... Continue Reading →
The 2023 NFL season could be called many things. “The Year of the back-up Quarterback. “The Year of Parity.” “The Year of the Defenses.” One description that is flying under the radar is “The Year of the Fines.” Players have been fined a total of $5 million for on-field infractions, which is up 161 percent... Continue Reading →
Last Thursday, Buffalo Bills edge rusher Von Miller turned himself into Glenn Heights Police (Texas) on a charge of assaulting a pregnant person – a third-degree felony. The alleged victim is Miller’s long-time girlfriend. Miller has been released on bond, and the Bills are aware of the incident. The Bills GM, Brandon Beane, spoke on... Continue Reading →
Two former NFL players, Stacey Bailey and Eric Curry, have accused the NFL of continuing to use race-norming.[1] “Race-norming is a type of statistical manipulation in which Black players are assumed to start out with lower baseline cognitive functioning.”[2] The former players are alleging that the league’s disability benefit plans are using race-norming to deny... Continue Reading →
Who is Sergio Brown? Brown, born in May of ’88 in Maywood Illinois, was a standout athlete from a young age. He played football and was a track & field star. Brown attended the University of Notre Dame where he played special teams during his first two seasons, eventually becoming a starter in 2008 as... Continue Reading →
The NFL made significant amendments to its gambling policy at the end of September. Of those modifications, the following seem to be the biggest and most important to note: (1) betting on the NFL will be an indefinite suspension, with a minimum of one year, which can rise to a minimum of two years if... Continue Reading →
As many of you know, Deshaun Watson has not had the greatest track record. Last year, he served an 11 game suspension as a result of more than two dozen women coming forward accusing Watson of sexual misconduct during massage appointments.[1] The NFL has actually increased the penalties for sexual misconduct in light of Watson’s... Continue Reading →
Monday night the Cleveland Browns played the Pittsburgh Steelers. What was another great game in this historic rivalry turned sour really quickly. In the second quarter of the game Cleveland’s running back, Nick Chubb, suffered a gruesome injury that left the entire stadium sick to their stomachs. A replay of the injury was not shown... Continue Reading →
For my final post with the UB Law Sports & Entertainment Forum, I chose to profile a childhood friend who has become an inspiration to every small-town Western New York kid chasing a big dream. Stephen Carlson, an Ivy League-educated NFL tight end from Jamestown, graciously took the time out of his busy schedule to... Continue Reading →