Michael McCann

Federal judge rejects NASL's motion for a new trial after NASL lost jury verdict in antitrust case against U.S. Soccer and MLS. NASL begins appeal. What counts as a "relevant market" for pro men's soccer in U.S. & Canada a vexing question in this dispute: https://t.co/zhkj5INIaZ.

NBA teams are obsessed with analytics and predictive data, yet the top NBA prospect in decades is going to a team based on a random event—a lottery. It's legal since bargained by a union, but there are other ways, each with problems, players could enter: https://t.co/vqwI1nyDCK.

RT @kbadenhausen: The Connecticut Sun have hired investment bank Allen & Co to explore a team sale. The last WNBA team control sale was 202…

Dearica Hamby's lawsuit—which argues that she was traded when her WNBA team learned she was pregnant & later faced retaliation over her social media posts—advances past a motion to dismiss & now goes to pretrial discovery. This is a case to watch closely. https://t.co/i6Jatg0YCj.

Justice Souter, who passed away last week, wrote the majority opinion in Brentwood Academy v. TSSAA, a case with far-reaching impact on high school sports since it held a state athletic association, even when private, owes athletes & coaches due process: https://t.co/lYNvcu5WYX.

RT @Blueraydre: The judge citing "loss of brand prestige" sets a dangerous standard. Good teams trade players to bad teams everyday.

Major developments in Dearica Hamby's pregnancy discrimination lawsuit: judge rules WNBA is no longer a defendant, but Las Vegas Aces remain one because Hamby's trade to the LA Sparks might qualify as employment discrimination. I have details + analysis: https://t.co/i6Jatg0YCj.

I met Justice Souter on a plane 20 years ago. He read case briefs & wrote notes the entire flight. No one seemed to recognize him. I think he liked that. I introduced myself & he couldn't have been nicer. One of his opinions changed high school sports: https://t.co/lYNvcu5WYX.

NASCAR had a good day in court as, in an oral argument, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit seemed skeptical of a trial judge's injunction in favor of 23XI Racing & Front Row. Key to the hearing is whether injunction unfairly favors the 2 teams: https://t.co/dWVx0GK7OA.

RT @soshnick: Brady, Ohtani, Other Celebs Get Most of FTX Case Dismissed https://t.co/nLV7CEJs1n via @sportico @McCannSportsLaw

I'm currently grading law school essay exams, so I might be in an extra critical mood, but this $100 million complaint gets an F.

Todd Zywicki @ToddZywicki

Here's the complaint in the $100 million lawsuit brought by the fan of Shedeur Sanders. No actual damages sought. https://t.co/AM4zKtBcI5 It has been awhile since I filed a complaint but if you file as a "John Doe" do you usually also include your street address?

Federal judge dismisses 12 of 14 claims against Tom Brady, Shohei Ohtani, Naomi Osaka and other celebrities who endorsed FTX and are accused of misleading their fans into fraudulent investments. Judge reasons the celebs may have been naive but not wilful. https://t.co/LNvHsfghHA.

RT @Sportico: @LAFC @LAKings @AEGSports @LASparks @AccelerateSV @Kelseyplum10 @soshnick @Pompey Why would a publicly traded company buy a s…

The fate of college sports rests in the hands of a judge. It didn’t have to be this way. The NCAA could have read the room in the 2000s and fixed obviously unfair rules—athletes couldn’t use a right they already had, the right of publicity. Now we wait. https://t.co/mxktH35HuG.

Very interesting development in the antitrust lawsuit brought by tennis players over their pay and competition restrictions as federal judge rules ATP Tour can’t give other players the impression they’d get in trouble if they join lawsuit: https://t.co/UdjSHPLYCl.

RT @ImYouthSoccer: We always enjoy @McCannSportsLaw articles and recommend this one below with his take on the #NCAA grandfathering provisi…

RT @DanielLibit: BREAKING: @NCAA and House plaintiffs have heeded Judge Wilken's threat to deny settlement in filing fourth-amended stipu…