Key Sports Law Cases & Developments 2023 - North America

At the end of each year, we publish compilation articles to identify the most important legal cases and developments from the world of sports law in the preceding 12 months. The articles are comprised of the opinions of leading lawyers and executives from the LawInSport Editorial and Advisory Board.

This article contains the responses from our North American members:

• Paul Greene, Attorney & Founder, Global Sports Advocates (assisted by Matthew Kaiser)
  • Equal pay for national athletes
  • Relevent Sports v. USSF & FIFA (challenge to the rule against overseas league matches)
• Mark Conrad, Director of Sports Business Initiative & Professor of Law and Ethics, Gabelli School of Business, Fordham University (New York)
  • Transition of the NCAA governance model away from amateurism
• Joshua Gordon, Founder, Sports Conflict Institute (SCI)/University of Oregon
  • Mass exodus from the Pac-12 football conference and new NCAA President
• Jodi S. Balsam, Professor of Clinical Law, Brooklyn Law School
  • PGA Tour and LIV Golf litigation settlement and proposed merger
  • Diamond Sports Group bankruptcy
  • Tragic death of ice hockey player Adam Johnson
  • College athletics pay-for-play and conference realignment
• Jeremi Duru, Professor Of Law, American University Washington College Of Law
  • Jim Trotter’s racial discrimination claim against the NFL
• Daniel Greene, Attorney, Newman & Lickstein, New York
  • State legislatures challenge NCAA in amending NIL legislation
• Maureen Weston, Professor Of Law, Pepperdine Caruso School Of Law, Malibu
  • Revolution of college athletes’ rights to commercialise
  • Ongoing legal attacks against NCAA amateurism
• Nan Sato, Partner & Co-Chair, International Practice Group, Fisher & Phillips LLP, Philadelphia (assisted by Associate, Jack O'Connor)
  • Implications of legalized sports gambling
• Kate Porter, Partner, Head of Sports Practice, Vela Wood, Dallas
  • Relevent v. US Soccer Federation – Relevent Scores a Big Win Before the Second Circuit