Sports Law in 2023 – Key Issues to Watch in North America

Here are the top sports law issues to watch out for in 2023 in North America from the LawInSport Editorial & Advisory Board.

We hope this proves useful not only in identifying specific cases and issues, but also in detecting broader themes and when read in conjunction with the contributions from other jurisdictions.

Contributors:

• Jodi S Balsam, Professor Of Clinical Law/Director Of Externship Programs, Brooklyn Law School
  • LIV Golf v. PGA Tour
  • Women’s Professional Leagues and Athletes
• Jeremi Duru, Professor Of Law, Washington College Of Law American University
  • The Outcome of Johnson v. NCAA
• Mark Conrad, Director of the Sports Business Concentration & Associate Professor of Law and Ethics, Gabelli School of Business, Fordham University (New York)
  • Professionalisation of College Sports
• Glenn Wong, Executive Director, Sports Law & Business, Arizona State University (With the Assistance of Jake Mantin, JD & MSLB Candidate at Arizona State University)
  • LIV Golf
  • Investigation of Pro Sports Owners
  • NCAA Changes
  • NBA CBA Revisions

• Maureen Weston - Professor Of Law, Pepperdine Caruso School Of Law
  • Withering of NCAA’s Amateurism’s Rules

• Joshua Gordon, Founder, Sports Conflict Institute (SCI)/University Of Oregon
  • Athlete Voice in Sports Governance
• Christopher Chase, Partner, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz
  • Student-Athlete NIL Laws, Rules and Contracts

• Daniel Greene, Attorney, Newman & Lickstein
  • How New NCAA Leadership Faces Challenges
• Paul Greene, Attorney, Founder, Global Sports Advocates
  • Rights of Transgender Athletes
• Dr. Thomas A. Baker, Professor, University of Georgia
  • Johnson v. NCAA and the National Labor Review Board

We would like to thank each member of our Editorial & Advisory Board for taking the time out of their busy schedules to share their views with us, and also more broadly for their significant input into LawInSport over the course of the year. Thank you.