Sports Law in 2026 – Key Issues to Watch in North America

Here are the top sports law issues to watch out for in 2026 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 when read in conjunction with the contributions from other jurisdictions.

Contributors:

• Mark Conrad, Professor of Law and Ethics and Director of the Sports Business Initiative, Gabelli School of Business, Fordham University, New York
  • Congress May Consider Legislation to Control College Sports – with an Exemption from Antitrust Laws
  • Prediction Markets and Sports Betting
• Professor Joshua A. Gordon, JD, MA, University of Oregon, Founder Sports Conflict Institute
  • Stress-Testing New Systems and the Structural Absence of Collective Negotiation
• Jodi S Balsam, Professor Of Clinical Law, Brooklyn Law School
  • The House Settlement and Title IX
  • Professional Sports Labor-Management Tensions
  • Sports Betting-Related Corruption and Crackdowns
• Maureen Weston, Professor Of Law, Pepperdine Caruso School Of Law, Malibu
  • The Reverberations of House V NCAA Through College Sports
• Lindsay Brandon, Director of Safeguarding & Integrity, Women’s Tennis Association
  • Potential Litigation Against Prediction Market Platforms
  • Improvements In Online Abuse Monitoring
• Christopher Chase, Partner, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz, New York
  • Sports marketing in the United States – World Cup year
• Paul Greene, Attorney & Founder, Global Sports Advocates, Portland
  • CAS Ad Hoc Division Cases at Winter Olympics and FIFA World Cup

We would like to thank each member of our Editorial and 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.