Law 360 M&A

JUNE 21, 2023

The process of selling the Washington Commanders is taking longer to complete than previous franchise sales in the NFL and other major sports leagues, something experts attribute to legal issues surrounding the embattled outgoing owner, skyrocketing team valuations and narrow ownership requirements—necessitating extra time and scrutiny.

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Law 360 M&A

JANUARY 2, 2023

The sports and betting world will closely follow a pair of consolidated class actions in college athletics related to concussion liability and NIL rights, trademark infringement cases that could tilt the playing field across sports and gaming, and major cases involving the NFL and PGA Tour.

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Law 360 M&A

JUNE 30, 2023

The first half of 2023 featured many memorable moments in the legal world of sports and betting, from the record-breaking sale of the Washington Commanders to the WWE-UFC and PGA Tour-LIV Golf mergers, plus the NFL's crackdown on players who violated its policy on gambling.

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Law 360 M&A

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Daniel Snyder's decision to possibly sell the Washington Commanders reaffirms that owners in the NFL and other major American sports leagues will refuse to give up their teams except under extreme circumstances, and experts say the situation illustrates how valuable professional football franchises can be.

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Law 360 M&A

DECEMBER 1, 2023

In this week's Off The Bench, two NBA franchises engineer massive shake-ups in their ownership structures, new lawsuits target the sports world's entanglement with cryptocurrency, and NFL Hall of Famer Brett Favre appeals his loss in a defamation case.

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Benzinga

AUGUST 17, 2022

The world’s richest person created a stir in the sports world when he tweeted that he would be buying one of the most valuable and recognizable soccer teams in the world. The team is one of a handful of professional sports teams that are publicly traded. I'm not buying any sports teams. What Happened: Tesla Inc.

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ThomsonReuters

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

With the recent start to the NFL season, sports wagering is a popular topic of conversation among football fans. Earlier this summer, Kentucky, North Carolina, and Vermont all enacted laws that legalize and tax sports wagering activities. It’s also been a popular topic of debate in state legislatures.

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Essentials of Corporate Finance

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

You can own a sports team. Since you are now a part of of an NFL franchise, there are rules : You cannot own another NFL franchise, you can't act as an agent for any NFL player, you can't publicly criticize the NFL, its management, coaches, or officials, and you can't bet on any NFL games.

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Benzinga

APRIL 11, 2024

Founded in 2015 by Marco Antonio Moreno (recently appointed as the new President and COO of Lavish Entertainment), ABI Create has delivered high-quality productions for a range of large-scale installations at major music festivals, sporting events and conventions across the United States.

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Benzinga

MAY 10, 2022

SeatGeek is proud to partner with some of the most recognized names in sports and live entertainment across the globe including the Dallas Cowboys, Brooklyn Nets and Liverpool F.C., NEW YORK, May 10, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RedBall Acquisition Corp.

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Benzinga

MAY 9, 2023

MELON grew to prominence developing numerous high-profile experiences and creating one-of-a-kind experiences within Roblox, having worked with brands including the NFL, Chipotle, Mattel, Clarks, Dave & Buster's, and PacSun. SANTA MONICA, Calif.,

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Benzinga

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Advanced Sports Nutrition holds intellectual property rights to the scientific data and discoveries derived from a human clinical trial on the optimal dosage of cannabidiol (CBD) for athletic recovery (the " Clinical Trial "). billion industry 1 that we previously did not have exposure to. Full story available on Benzinga.com

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Reynolds Holding

OCTOBER 19, 2022

We also test the relation between performance and a wide array of individual coaches’ characteristics such as age, university tenure, and prior NFL experience. Such measures are all readily available by season across various public sources, and due to the purely competitive nature of sports, these are all relative measures.

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Brian DeChesare

APRIL 10, 2024

Amidst the miserable deal environment of the past few years, there has been one bright spot: sports private equity. Even as deal activity, fundraising, and exits have slowed everywhere, billionaires and PE firms backed by billionaires continue to acquire and invest in sports teams. only a handful a decade ago).

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Cooley M&A

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

As the NFL season gets underway, it is interesting to see how certain plays go from fringe status to near-universal. A recent example is the “run-pass option” that, before finding a home in every NFL team’s playbook, was used only in high school and college football games. [1]

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Benzinga

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Football fans are charged up for Super Bowl LVII on Sunday, but investors of a SPAC that included a former NFL quarterback certainly weren't cheering in 2022. What Happened: The SPAC Mission Advancement Corp, which was liquidated in December 2022, counted former NFL player Colin Kaepernick among the sponsors involved.

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Reynolds Holding

JULY 18, 2022

Celebrities including musicians Eminem and Grimes and artists Beeple and Banksy have minted and sold NFTs, and sports leagues like the NBA and NFL have set up NFT marketplaces.

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Benzinga

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

sports betting and iGaming industries, today announced that it has entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger pursuant to which it will acquire 100% of SportsHub Games Network, Inc. SportsHub"), an industry leading fantasy and sports game provider, in an all-stock transaction.

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ThomsonReuters

APRIL 14, 2022

This includes things from airline tickets to healthcare and luxury items like watches and sports cars. Aaron Rodgers, NFL quarterback for the Green Bay Packers, announced in 2021 that he partnered with Cash App to turn part of his salary into Bitcoin. However, when it comes to wages, can employers pay employees in cryptocurrency?

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Musings on Markets

DECEMBER 10, 2023

In sports and entertainment, for instance, business can gain value from having a celebrity representing them in a paid or unpaid capacity. Is it possible that the person who adds the most value to the NFL this year is not Patrick Mahomes (its highest profile quarterback) or Roger Goodell (its commissioner), but a pop star?

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Musings on Markets

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The second is live sports, especially (American) football, where cable continues to retain a foothold, though even that advantage is under threat, as sports franchises create their own streaming platforms (MLB) or find streaming venues (MLS soccer on Apple TV, the NFL on Amazon Prime).

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