By Martin J. Greenberg and Alex Utrup I. Introduction Coming off a Most Valuable Player (‘MVP’) season in 2018-19, Giannis Antetokounmpo (“Antetokounmpo”) said that he was only at “60 percent
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By Martin J. Greenberg and Henry Twomey I. Sports Stars Are Natural Prey for Investment Scams Professional athletes are among the most common group of individuals to become victims of
NFL’s Revised Personal Conduct Policy
by Martin J. Greenberg and Aaron Davis The National Football League (NFL) and its players have been plagued over the past several years with cases involving domestic violence, assault, child
Deflategate
How the Second Circuit took the air out of Judge Berman’s attempt to vacate the long-standing deference standard for arbitration decisions by Martin J. Greenberg and Lori Shaw I. Introduction
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GRONK: A Frugal Party Animal
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A Bonus Shrouded In Controversy: Alex Rodriguez Milestone Bonus
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McCutchen’s Pay Stub Sheds Light on Jock Tax and Jock Tax Successfully Challenged in Cleveland
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Age Restrictions on Entry into the NBA
The issue of age will certainly become a clash in the next round of labor negotiations between the National Basketball Players Association (“NBPA”) and the National Basketball Association (“NBA”), as
Jock Tax
When Los Angeles Lakers’ Kobe Bryant goes on the road to play basketball games in states that impose state income taxes, not only “does he leave behind enduring images of