Sports Law Links

Each week The Sports Esquires keep track of the sports law headlines so you don’t have to.  This week’s edition features an end to the Super Bowl ticket suit, head-scratching NCAA decisions, and the latest in the Lochte saga.

NFL

• Ken Belson writes on Roger Goodell’s power play and the NFLPA’s fight against it.
• The Fifth Circuit has affirmed the district court’s ruling denying class certification in the 2011 Super Bowl lawsuit.
• The NFL and NFLPA will investigate concussion protocol compliance for Cam Newton.
• Mike Florio: 10 things that still bother me about Deflategate.

NCAA

• Dozens of Charleston Southern players suspended over bookstore violation.
• Mark Emmert says the NCAA may rethink Olympic payouts to college athletes. More on the reaction from Jon Solomon.

NBA

• LeBron James and Chris Paul served with deposition notices in Billy Hunter’s wrongful termination suit against the NBPA.
• Tim Duncan’s former financial adviser faces fraud charges for millions in lost investments.

Best of the Rest

• Nathaniel Grow provides an end-of-summer MLB legal update.
• Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte will serve a suspension for 10 months.
• Patrick Hruby explains why the new Pop Warner lawsuit raises questions about the future of youth tackle football.