Conduct Detrimental: THE Sports Law Podcast

The NFL season is officially over and the Dans give their take on the Super Bowl (1:50). Was St. Louis robbed of a national spotlight because of the lawsuit and ultimate settlement? There are reports that Brian Flores (9:26) is going to amend his complaint to assert Title 7 employment discrimination against the Houston Texans as a retaliatory failure to hire after Flores brought his initial lawsui...

Big week in Sports Law! We broke down the Brian Flores racial discrimination class action lawsuit on our last episode . This week the Texans (4:45) hired Lovie Smith and the Dolphins hired Mike McDaniel, which brings the total of black NFL head coaches to three including Mike Tomlin. Not too long ago, and before bringing the lawsuit, Flores was a top candidate to be hired by the Texans. How does L...

The Brian Flores lawsuit (1:25) has had some recent developments where more coaches are coming out about sham interviews and Hue Jackson saying the Browns ownership offered money to him to tank. Criminal implications and investigations could be looming for Dolphins owner Stephen Ross. Will this class grow under the class action? Washington Football Team (23:01) finally has a new name, the Washingt...

Brian Flores filed a Class Action Lawsuit against the NFL, NY Giants, Miami Dolphins, and Denver Broncos alleging racial discrimination in hiring/firing practices. Flores is attacking the systemic racial discrimination issue in NFL history regarding minority head coaches and general managers. This 58-page lawsuit comes with explosive allegations, including Dolphins owner, Stephen Ross, bribing Flo...

On Tuesday, January 25th we hosted a special LIVE debate between Sports Law's Darren Heitner and Sports Biz's Darren Rovell to discuss the problematic grey areas identified in the first 6 months of the NIL era and what to watch for in the future of college sports.   5 rounds, 4 judges, 2 Darrens........1 winner.   Round 1 (2:42) - 6 months into NIL: Is is working? Round 2 (9:32)  - What safeguards...

A loaded episode with the Dans kicking off with the NFL filing a motion to dismiss Jon Gruden's lawsuit (7:40) for failure to state a claim, of which they call the suit a baseless attempt by Gruden. The Denver Broncos (22:34) have been in the news as a Judge ruled the right of first refusal unenforceable and thus the bidding process is heating up with Peyton Manning and John Elway, or perhaps the...

The Dans and Tarun break down Novak Djokovic being deported from Australia and thus will not compete in the Australian Open. Moving forward will Novak face a three year ban from Australia? *** Have a topic you want to write about? ANYONE and EVERYONE can publish for ConductDetrimtental.com. Let us know if you want to join the team. Dan Wallach ( @WallachLegal ) Dan Lust ( @SportsLawLust ) Mike Law...

Pat Leonard , of the New York Daily News, joins the podcast (2:45) to break down the Giants firing of head coach Joe Judge and the mismanagement of the Giants organization throughout the past decade. We have entered the "Red Wedding" phase of the NFL and offseason means for many teams, like the Giants, that they are trying to find the right General Manager and Head Coach combo. Novak Djokovic (40:...

Welcome to our first episode of 2022! Happy New Year from all of us at Conduct Detrimental. Dan and Steph break down Antonio Brown (2:40) walking off the field in the middle of the Jets game this past weekend. Was this an ankle injury that caused the scene? Or another notch in the Antonio Brown's tumultuous career? Washington Football Team (17:29) has been in the news for many different reasons th...

2021 was an eventful year in Sport Law. This episode dives into the best sports law stories Conduct Detrimental covered. We start with some honorable mentions (3:57) being the Super League formation and deterioration; the current MLB Lockout and CBA negotiations; Bishop Sycamore making it onto national television as a scam; Kyle Beach's career ruined by the inaction of the Chicago Blackhawks by co...

Jim Quinn is back on the podcast to discuss the recent lawsuit that has been filed in the Southern District of New York, Staten Island Yankees et al. v. Major League Baseball. This is yet another attack on the 100-year-old antitrust exemption that was given to MLB. Jim is one of the attorneys for the Plaintiffs and gives his in-depth analysis. *** Have a topic you want to write about? ANYONE and E...

Thanks for listening and if you have signed up for Themis, make sure you listen carefully to this episode for a hidden prize. Urban Meyer has been released from the Jacksonville Jaguars (5:52) after the three stories coming out about his actions. Yelling at assistant coaches and kicking former kicker. Was this a "for cause" firing? Dan Snyder is making headlines again (24:10) for his horrible anti...

Dan and Dan are joined this week by Matt Haage , who is our job board coordinator. (4:25) Matt discusses how he joined CD and all of the amazing work he does aggregating the job board. Matt also gives a break down of the latest jobs available. (53:41) Deshaun Watson (11:02) is back in the news, and the civil cases finally seems to be making progress with depositions being conducted. Watson is stil...

Major League Baseball has entered their 9th work stoppage in history. (4:05) Our last guest Evan Drellich let us know that there was a 99% chance of this happening. What does this mean? Where does this take us? Antonio Brown caught with a fake vaccination card, (17:20) and now him and Bucs teammate Mike Edwards are suspended for three games (along with training camp teammate and now free agent Joh...

Is Major League Baseball heading towards a lockout on December 2? Evan Drellich (@EvanDrellich), MLB Analyst for The Athletic, joins the pod (7:31) to give updates on the pending negotiations between MLB and MLBPA as the current CBA ends on December 1, 2021. Evan gives his insight on the contentions and the certainty of the lockout, but not so definite that the 2022 season will be a shortened seas...

Baseball bends the knee. How a Roller Derby team flexed on a billion dollar MLB Franchise. As the first site in the world (yes, actually) to spot a legal issue with the Cleveland Indians name change, it’s only fitting that we do a deep dive in the wake of news that the Indians have settled with the TRUE ORIGINAL Guardians, the Cleveland Roller Derby Guardians. The story here is not how much Roller...

A big story on the St. Louis Rams Relocation Lawsuit. We cover it with A.J. Perez (@ByAJPerez) of Front Office Sports who broke the news. We are starting to see some real movement on settlement as trial looms. The problem is how do you settle a case worth BILLIONS if only one owner is required to contribute pursuant to an Indemnification Agreement. Well Rams owner Stan Kroenke reportedly isn't rea...

The pattern is undeniable at this point. More and more teams are making legal headlines for the wrong reasons. It’s the onset of the Accountability Era in Sports — owners and executives are coming under fire. We go through the latest on each team and the nuances of the lawyers’ handling of each situation: Washington Football Team (5:26); Phoenix Suns (12:03); Anaheim Ducks (25:10); Chicago Blackha...

Dan & Dan & Howard Balzer! We start with the tragic story of Henry Ruggs (4:51), the now former Las Vegas Raiders WR, was reportedly involved in a 125+ mph crash that resulted in the death of another motorist. He has been charged with manslaughter DUI, reckless driving, and is facing significant jail time. We discuss some of the underreported elements of the case and break down all angles, i.e., c...

A deep dive on the Washington Football Team investigation and fallout. We are joined by Megan Imbert and Ana Nunez (13:52), two former employees of the Washington Football Team, who have retained an attorney to represent their interests pertaining to their time with the organization. Their stories are not being told as the NFL refuses to release the emails and Washington failed to commission a wri...

We continue our victory lap following the lawsuit filed by the Cleveland Guardians Roller Team (1:28) and how the team maximized pressure on the Indians before filing the lawsuit. Washington Football Team (6:55) drama continues as Congress has now intervened and demanded the documents / emails in question — unclear if NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell will voluntarily comply given his public statemen...

Sports Law is EXPLODING. A mega episode. Deshaun Watson (1:23) wants to be traded but there remain many legal hurdles muddying the waters. The St. Louis Rams Case (16:18) has a big update as STL’s trial counsel Bob Blitz gets knocked off the case under the lawyer-witness rule. We break the ramifications. Our guest (26:20) this week is the one and only FREEZING COLD TAKES (@OldTakesExposed)! I bet...

O ur guest this week is Charles Robinson — Senior NFL Writer at Yahoo Sports. Charles (@CharlesRobinson) was one of the first national writers to weigh in on the St. Louis Rams litigation and then had a huge story this week of reports that Jon Gruden is weighing a lawsuit against the Raiders and the NFL following the Washington Football Team email leak. We discuss the critical concept of duress as...

We cover the two NBA superstars facing sports law drama. First, Ben Simmons (4:15) who refused to report to the Philadelphia 76ers and then was suspended for - what else?? - conduct detrimental and then Kyrie Irving (14:15) who is not “anti-vaxx” but made the choice to not get the vaccine for whatever reason and the Brooklyn Nets have responded with a choice of their own -- "you're banned" . Stick...

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