The majority of American professional sports leagues lined up this week to support a legislative try for CA sports betting. Letters from the NFL and a coalition of leagues with California-based teams show strong backing for California sports betting as constructed in a new Senate bill. The bill advanced through its first committee hearing Tuesday […] Read More
Nearly two years after PASPA, New Jersey and sports leagues remain in court. The leagues recently filed a petition in the “ongoing” NJ sports betting case. Read More
A newer talking point from the PGA Tour and Major League Baseball describes purveyors of unofficial data as “pirates,” or groups who are “stealing” from the leagues. Read More
In this series, we will explore some of the important case law that is relevant to sports leagues’ argument that they should be compensated for “official data,” “intellectual property,” or whatever other term-du-jour league executives choose to use. Read the introduction to the series here. Case study No. 1 Case study No. 2 Case study No. […] Read More
DraftKings and Major League Baseball made their relationship a little tighter, as the fantasy sports and sports betting company became an official league partner for gaming. Read More
The four US pro leagues have taken different approaches on how to handle biometric data, like whether it should be disseminated and for what purposes. Read More
It appears we have reached the point where the concepts of integrity fee, royalty, and data intersect. And that raises a number of challenging questions for leagues, specifically the NBA and MLB, to answer. Read More