Jeffrey S. Moorad Sports Law Journal

The Jeffrey S. Moorad Sports Law Journal is pleased to announce the publication of Volume 31, Issue 1 of the Jeffrey S. Moorad Sports Law Journal. Along with four student pieces, Volume 30, Issue 1 includes an article by Drake University Law School, Instructor of Law Julia Steggerda-Corey. Please join us in congratulating our authors! Read all the articles and transcripts here: https://lnkd.in/e9g4B2S7

In this week’s blog post, Staff Writer?Emma Bertsch?(’26) describes the Appreciation for Olympians and Paralympians Act and how it affects the tax consequences of Olympic athletes.?Emma additionally explores the potential controversy surrounding the unequal treatment of prizes under the Internal Revenue Code.? #sportslaw #sportslawblog #mooradsportslaw

Please join us in congratulating Justin Aglow, Ruslan Aminov, Joe Putter, and Vanessa Wydeven who were recently selected for publication in Volume XXXII, Issue 2 of the Jeffrey S. Moorad Sports Law Journal! We are so proud of all our Staff Writers for their time and dedication to the Jeffrey S. Moorad Sports Law Journal!

For the first time in history, all three sports law programs at Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law University's Charles Widger School of Law are led by women. Hannah Posencheg serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the Jeffrey S. Moorad Sports Law Journal, Lindsay Zimmermann chairs the Sports Law Negotiation Teams, and Alyssa Rodarte is the President of the Sports Law Society. We hope their leadership will inspire more women to become pioneers in the field of sports law and beyond.

In this week’s blog post, Staff Writer?Mason Cole?(’26) dives into the practice of service time manipulation in the MLB.?Mason?analyzes recent changes made by MLB and the MLB Players Association to deter service time manipulation and discusses the impacts caused by these actions and whether they are working properly. #sportslaw #sportslawblog #mooradsportslaw

In this week’s blog post, Staff Writer Grace McCrone (’25) explores France's legalization of algorithmic video surveillance for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Grace discusses the state and federal privacy laws that could be implicated if similar security software is implemented in Los Angeles, California for the upcoming 2028 Games. #sportslaw #sportslawblog #mooradsportslaw

In this week’s blog post, Staff Writer Caitlin McElwee (‘26) discusses the maternity, post-maternity, and family leave policy of football’s global governing body, FIFA. Though FIFA’s inaugural policy was very comprehensive, member associations failed to universally implement the?policy during its initial release in 2021. Caitlin analyses the new 2024 edition of the policy, including potential sanctions for associations that fail to implement the regulations, and calls for a culture change in the world of sports to keep athletes happy, healthy, and playing for longer. #sportslaw #sportslawblog #mooradsportslaw

In this week's blog post, Staff Writer Ruslan Aminov ('26) discusses Reese Brantmeier's lawsuit against the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) over its restrictions on student-athletes receiving prize money. The lawsuit alleges that the NCAA violated the Sherman Antitrust Act by using its amateurism rules to unreasonably fix the costs of student-athlete compensation. Ruslan discusses how Brantmeier's suit, alongside recent case law, could push the NCAA to reconsider its long-held stance on amateurism. #sportslaw #sportslawblog #mooradsportslaw

In this week’s blog post, Staff Writer Vanessa Wydeven (’26) discusses the NFL’s recent approval of private equity investments in teams, comparing the league’s regulations and limitations to those of other major American professional sports leagues. The article highlights the NFL’s the particularly cautious approach to private equity, exploring the restrictions the NFL has implemented. Vanessa ultimately examines how the legal field is likely to see increased work in a range of related legal matters as these complex partnerships between private equity and professional sports teams continue to become more prevalent. #sportslaw #sportslawblog #mooradsportslaw

In the first blog post of the semester, Staff Writer Justin Aglow (’26) explores the ongoing breach of contract dispute between Warner Brothers Discovery (WBD) and Turner Broadcasting System (TBS), and the NBA over broadcasting rights for professional basketball games after the NBA signed a $77 billion contract with Amazon Prime Video, NBC, and Disney for streaming rights to NBA games. Ultimately, Justin considers the potential legal ramifications that the WBD-TBS lawsuit may have on breach of contract cases in the context of offer matching provisions and “mirror-image” offers where the nature of the competing business models precludes a direct, identical contract match. Check it out at the link below!?#sportslaw #sportslawblog #mooradsportslaw https://lnkd.in/ekyE9-zm