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Each week The Sports Esquires keep track of the sports law headlines so you don’t have to. This week’s edition features a new investigation into Baylor, NFL prison sentences, and another NBA ownership fight.

The latest lawsuit against Baylor alleges that due to the school’s laissez-faire policy on punishing football student-athletes for sexual assaults, at least 31 football players were involved in over 50 acts of rape from 2011 to 2015, and goes further to address recruiting improprieties involving the school’s hostess program. If the allegations are proven true, this information should provide the final nail in the coffin for what could be an NCAA “Death Penalty” case against the Baylor football program.

Each week The Sports Esquires keep track of the sports law headlines so you don’t have to. This week’s edition features the Pechstein decision, the Sharapova ban, NCAA issues and more.

Following the latest allegations, Baylor University conducted an external review of the institution’s handling of Title IX (and related) issues, which culminated in the release of a very damning report. This Title IX inquiry uncovered flaws in the senior leadership’s actions and Baylor’s student conduct process, and even staff members acting to hinder or discourage reporting acts of sexual assault or dating violence. With apparent involvement from athletics staff members to cover for football players, Baylor could be facing rather significant penalties from the NCAA.

Today, the NCAA “declared” a Baylor football player ineligible for accepting housing, or at least that’s what was initially reported. After some time couch surfing and failing to find a concrete home, a concerned friend offered to help by providing an apartment. This provided apartment became the center of allegations of extra benefits. But is there more to the story?