⚖️Litigation Lane:
NFL Concussion Settlement
BREAKING#NFL #Concussion Settlement Judge Brody has issued an order to send liens/ attny fee disputes to Magistrate Judge pic.twitter.com/Mhrp56AFwO
— Sheilla Dingus (@SheillaDingus) April 4, 2017
PDF of Order: https://t.co/iemERSgPYp https://t.co/YQVnFRJJty
— Sheilla Dingus (@SheillaDingus) April 4, 2017
Standard practice in post-judgment attorney fee disputes. Will likely lead to quicker resolution. https://t.co/ihM4kRCUqi
— Daniel Wallach (@WALLACHLEGAL) April 4, 2017
#NFL #Concussion Settlement news:
Judge Brody has issued an order for a conference call with counsel re motion for injunction against Willis pic.twitter.com/D57aXULvC1— Sheilla Dingus (@SheillaDingus) April 4, 2017
NFL Painkiller Lawsuit
⚡️ “#NFL Painkiller Lawsuit Update” April 3, 2017 filingshttps://t.co/G8PTYqEJw4
— Sheilla Dingus (@SheillaDingus) April 4, 2017
Prompted by #NFL painkiller lawsuit @NovusMedDetox cites ethical conflicts, calls 4 reform in treatment of athletes https://t.co/l5vXo8ZlNZ
— Sheilla Dingus (@SheillaDingus) April 3, 2017
Lane Johnson
⚡️ “Update on Lane Johnson v. NFLPA, NFL”
New filings from 3/31/17https://t.co/W1QxXiVhRg— Sheilla Dingus (@SheillaDingus) April 4, 2017
Minor League Baseball Minimum Wage Lawsuit
Judge Breathes New Life Into Minor Leaguers’ Wage Suit via @ZachZagger – Law360 https://t.co/jJb9MEjPqD pic.twitter.com/yncgzBtwc1
— Sheilla Dingus (@SheillaDingus) April 4, 2017
Ryans Zimmerman vs. Al Jazeera
DC federal judge allows Ryans Zimmerman, Howard defamation suit against Al Jazeera to proceed, via @chelsea_janes https://t.co/RjwZ1nDcui
— Daniel Wallach (@WALLACHLEGAL) April 4, 2017
?Crime Blotter:
Witnesses say #AaronHernandez polite to club crowd, fans https://t.co/hartDbopWG via @Laurel_Sweet
— Sheilla Dingus (@SheillaDingus) April 4, 2017
Louis Delmas
Former Miami Dolphins safety Louis Delmas all smiles after arrest https://t.co/JFx1CDvuLo
— Sheilla Dingus (@SheillaDingus) April 5, 2017
?Essential Reading!
This is powerful. And important.
On the @PlayersTribune, @Radiers LB @henbeeney remembers the life and loss of his best friend Brandon. https://t.co/nn0WYv9zNQ
— Sheilla Dingus (@SheillaDingus) April 5, 2017
?Concussion Discussion:
Former Raider, 49er Charlie Gardner fears he has brain disease #CTE https://t.co/P6Vh9JNk7g via @JonBecker28 @mercnews
— Sheilla Dingus (@SheillaDingus) April 4, 2017
Charlie Garner is latest former Eagle to suffer from CTE-like symptoms | CSN Philly https://t.co/HZVFMazlOR pic.twitter.com/oK1rooTi3N
— Concerned Mom (@ConcernedMom9) April 3, 2017
.@RacingOfficials @MedStarHealth @LaurelPark @PimlicoRC Here’s a link to related @MidAtlanticTB feature: https://t.co/KYJvq1tkSr
— Jennifer Durenberger (@racing_matters) April 3, 2017
?NFL Sidelines:
Amazon lands Thursday Night Football streaming package (10 games) for $50M. Deal is 5X what Twitter paid. https://t.co/G6gAOyNDkS
— Daniel Wallach (@WALLACHLEGAL) April 5, 2017
Prime CBS gig will make it a lot harder for Tony Romo to unretire https://t.co/LsTksJArSv
— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) April 4, 2017
ICYMI – well worth reading!
Inside The NFL’s Tobacco-Style Strategy To Hook Your Kids https://t.co/mgdtdHuzqv via @Highline— Sheilla Dingus (@SheillaDingus) April 4, 2017
It’s Jerry’s World! (Jones that is)
Here’s his agenda, including plans for Roger Goodell https://t.co/45ygezwpvL via @CindyBoren— Sheilla Dingus (@SheillaDingus) April 3, 2017
Are NFL billionaires sick of Roger Goodell’s paycheck? https://t.co/rjBdJ6QUq3 via @MarkWSanchez
— Sheilla Dingus (@SheillaDingus) April 3, 2017
MLB player salaries > NFL player salaries
Von Miller & Khalil Mack will make less COMBINED than Carl Crawford will sitting out the season pic.twitter.com/5voFylf8vD
— Warren K. Zola (@WarrenKZola) April 3, 2017
⚾️MLB Strikes:
MLB is a $10 billion industry, but Kyle Johnson barely earned $12,000. The ex-minor leaguer is taking a stand #BRmag https://t.co/yqKbVUP4j6 pic.twitter.com/J55rLqWCiQ
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) April 3, 2017
?NHL Breakaways:
Lack of prime-time television exposure for live games pushes NHL out of 2018 games. https://t.co/475as2JsBL
— Thomas A. Baker III (@DrTab3) April 3, 2017
NHL Says It Will Not Participate In 2018 Winter Olympics via @ZachZagger – Law360 https://t.co/W9i5mn6vtg pic.twitter.com/G6ZUvzSGMy
— Sheilla Dingus (@SheillaDingus) April 4, 2017
Players have questioned Bettman/owners’ decision to #FollowTheMoney & block them from participation on “world’s biggest stage.” https://t.co/GnsMliDnif
— Sheilla Dingus (@SheillaDingus) April 4, 2017
NHL statement pic.twitter.com/gYnFQD4hQA
— Bruce Arthur (@bruce_arthur) April 3, 2017
NHLPA statement on NHL’s 2018 Olympic Winter Games decision: https://t.co/9AAoDywFpF pic.twitter.com/WatIQHIDkL
— NHLPA (@NHLPA) April 3, 2017
Players absolutely roast NHL’s decision to skip 2018 Winter Olympics https://t.co/iPcSTP0shq via @ProHockeyTalk
— Sheilla Dingus (@SheillaDingus) April 4, 2017
?NCAA Notebook:
Amateurism
Not once during this did I ask for money from schools. I asked to profit of my image.
— Frank Kaminsky III (@FSKPart3) April 4, 2017
People miss this – issue isn’t mandating pay, it’s freeing athletes to negotiate and realize their value from anyone who WANTS to pay them https://t.co/DkzL778OKn
— Patrick Hruby (@patrick_hruby) April 4, 2017
You do realize athletes aren’t only scholarships on college campuses. They’re only ones who can’t get paid off their talents, name, likeness https://t.co/a97P2WssZ0
— Annie Apple (@SurvivinAmerica) April 4, 2017
And, of course, a student w/a scholarship to study mathematics is unlikely to suffer a career ending injury from using a slide rule. https://t.co/Pv66Ogm0ZD
— Amy Trask (@AmyTrask) April 4, 2017
Someone should do a study on factors that make *certain* people vehemently deny obvious market value for these young adults. https://t.co/WuUjOqlCNu
— Chris Long (@JOEL9ONE) April 4, 2017
Doesn’t take the NCAA long to offer up merchandise for sale…kinda looks like player image and likeness, huh? Congrats and cha-ching! pic.twitter.com/OU7T9qNd2C
— Jay Bilas (@JayBilas) April 4, 2017
UNC is the perfect NCAA champion, and not in a good way https://t.co/F7QcHfl3aZ via @HuffPostPol
— Ted Tatos (@TedTatos) April 3, 2017
To paraphrase Milton Friedman, if the NCAA were in control of the Arizona desert, it would claim there wasn’t enough sand for athletes.
— Jay Bilas (@JayBilas) April 3, 2017
✊?Athlete Activism:
Dolphins owner Stephen Ross gave the OK for players to take a knee during anthem last year https://t.co/YI9D7mI6FF
— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) April 4, 2017
It was my pleasure to be able to speak at Imagine Academy of Columbus- I hope my words resonate with the young people I met today! https://t.co/OJcrP9qXJA
— Joshua Perry (JEP53) (@RIP_JEP) March 30, 2017
?The Scoop on Sports Betting:
a brief history of the NJ sports betting case now that US Solicitor General is hosting meeting on it on Mon https://t.co/j1D1LqpPnw
— John Brennan (@BergenBrennan) April 4, 2017
Possible timelines:
5/17: SG brief
6/17: SCOTUS cert ruling
Fall 2017: briefing/oral argument
2018: SCOTUS decision https://t.co/7Hz18hyEqj— Daniel Wallach (@WALLACHLEGAL) April 5, 2017
.@WALLACHLEGAL: “possibility of legal sports gambling is closer than we realize” https://t.co/igzJKtBtIK / @iamjoonlee pic.twitter.com/M5aLeh4EZn
— Sheilla Dingus (@SheillaDingus) April 3, 2017
MLB commissioner Rob Manfred tells @MikeAndMike that baseball wants to be ready to join dialogue to change sports betting regulation in U.S. pic.twitter.com/0bQWO6UP62
— David Payne Purdum (@DavidPurdum) April 3, 2017
?This & That:
The last time Patrick Ewing was at Georgetown, he generated an estimated $12.3M in revenue for the school. This time around he’ll get paid. https://t.co/hu4q6aUbgJ
— Michael McCann (@McCannSportsLaw) April 3, 2017
Breaking: Patrick Ewing has been named head coach at Georgetown https://t.co/JViH3Mgwp8 pic.twitter.com/fb2kcpxWno
— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) April 3, 2017
