Tag Archives: Discipline

Each week The Sports Esquires keep track of the sports law headlines so you don’t have to. This week’s edition features New Jersey’s continued push for sports betting, the Jon Jones arbitration decision, and the Chargers stadium vote.

Each week The Sports Esquires keep track of the sports law headlines so you don’t have to. This week’s edition features the latest on the NBA CBA negotiations, the rift between the NCAA and UNC in the academic fraud case, and more.

Each week The Sports Esquires keep track of the sports law headlines so you don’t have to. This week’s edition looks at the potential last step for O’Bannon, the trademark case impacting the Redskins, and the official end of Deflategate.

Each week The Sports Esquires keep track of the sports law headlines so you don’t have to. This week’s edition features the NFL again, including the league’s PED investigation, the end of Deflategate, and the Hall of Fame suit.

Each week The Sports Esquires keep track of the sports law headlines so you don’t have to. This week’s edition features the Adrian Peterson decision, the legalization of DFS in New York, and the ongoing legal problems of the Rio Olympics.

Deflategate is over. Though the NFLPA may still decide to pursue the case to the Supreme Court, it is highly unlikely that the Court would choose to hear the case. With the case effectively over, what lessons can be learned from one of the highest profile sports law cases ever?

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.

Each week The Sports Esquires keep track of the sports law headlines so you don’t have to. This week’s edition features the Deflategate appeal decision, the NFL concussion settlement, and growing momentum for fantasy sports legislation.

Once again New Yorkers have dealt Tom Brady a defeat, only this time the loss wasn’t in a Super Bowl, but a courtroom. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit handed Roger Goodell his long-awaited victory. In a 2-1 decision, the panel reversed Judge Berman's decision that had vacated Tom Brady's suspension.

Independent arbitrator James Oldham reversed Commissioner Gary Bettman’s decision and reduced Dennis Wideman’s suspension to ten games, but only after he had already served 19 games of suspension. While any reversal of the league’s disciplinary decision is nominally a win for the NHLPA and the player, the NHL could have come out much worse.