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By: Ben Feinberg
The tragic incident involving Dale Mooney, a dedicated Patriots fan who lost his life during an altercation with a …
By: Ben Feinberg
The tragic incident involving Dale Mooney, a dedicated Patriots fan who lost his life during an altercation with a …
By: Elisaveta Vesselinova
NFL players are not required to be represented by agents, but having one is often in the player’s best interest, …
By: Samantha Bowie
Before the Week Four matchup between the National Football League’s (NFL) Miami Dolphins and Cincinnati Bengals even began, people …
By: Joseph Halow
On August 1, 2022, former District Judge Sue Robinson issued her decision on an unprecedented issue: Deshaun Watson’s punishment.…
By Ethan Randecker
The NFL has a record of success in lawsuits for teams leaving their beloved cities and fans.[1] That …
By Grant Mantell
On February 1st, 2022, former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores brought a class action lawsuit against the National Football …
By: Andrew Craig
Rodger Goodell and the 32 NFL team owners are not the most likeable figures in professional sports. These men have …
By: Taylor Roderick
People should be aware of breast cancer only in October; at least that’s the message DeAngelo Williams heard from the …
As research on TBI’s have become more prevalent, it has created difficult discussion among fans about football’s long term effect on player health, the player’s assumption of risk, and consideration of their multi-million dollar contract or sponsorship(s). - Read more...
The Dallas Cowboys and owner Jerry Jones breathed a collective sigh of relief this past week when a state judge ruled that a lawsuit brought against Jones by Jana Weckerly, a former stripper, was barred by the statute of limitations. Ms. Weckerly brought the suit against Jones in September, alleging that Jones had sexually assaulted her in 2009 and seeking over $1M in damages. She later made an amendment claiming that Jones and his attorneys had paid her over the past four years for her to keep her silence. In addition to arguing that the statute of limitations barred the suit, counsel for Jones and the Cowboys denied Ms. Weckerly’s allegations and described the suit as an attempt to extort Jones. Counsel also moved for sanctions against Ms. Weckerly for filing what they described as a “frivolous pleading for the purpose of harassment.” Sexual misconduct charges are not uncommon in professional sports. The dismissal of the Jerry Jones lawsuit conjures memories of similar suits against Kobe Bryant, Ben Roethlisberger, and more recently, Colin Kaepernick. Charges against Bryant, Roethlisberger, and Kaepernick were ultimately dropped, but the accusations left dark shadows on otherwise illustrious careers. - Read more...