During theinterview with the Post, Hill was in tears discussing the possibility of bankruptcy and said, It really breaks my heart. We also publish 11 other sports law periodicals. Often, these large sums can lead to By John Miller, Ph.D. A high school senior, who had repeated his junior year, petitioned the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) for a fifth-year eligibility to play sports. Ideal for the private sector or the classroom. This leave By Robert M. Hoffman Collegiate sport should always be a safe space for women and men, free of hostility, harassment, abuse, and assault from the peers and coaches they trust, yet this is often not the case. Eleven others have NIL legislation pending: KS, HI, IA, MN, WV, MA, NH, RI, VT, WA, and NY. It was one of the more ill-advised decisions in the history of sports fans making ill-advised decisions. The team also sought payments for every season through 2017, plus interest, attorneys fees and court costs. In the past, journal members wrote case summaries to provide a quick and comprehensive digest of court decisions to discuss the cases' future impact. TSG continues, In his complaint, which was filed this month in the State Supreme Court in the Bronx, Rector contends that he was subjected to an unending verbal crusade by the networks announcers. It was unclear from the evidentiary discovery process in the suit now dismissed after the settlement whether school officials fulfilled their mandatory notification requirements as required by Idahos state child abuse reporting law. 17-3051. In June 2014, obviously undeterred by legal losses, Mayerwho it probably wont surprise you to learn is a lawyerannounced his intention to appeal the case to the Supreme Court. In the months that followed, the young man suffered from a range of issues such as loss of brain function, memory loss, extreme anxiety, and severe depression, leading to an attempted suicide. Below is an outline of key cases in . And in 2019, at age 16, during Super Bowl LIII, she was featured in the games top-ranked commercial titled NFL: 100-Year Game, in which an impromptu football game breaks out during a banquet for legends of the game ranging from Peyton Manning, Joe Montana, Jim Brown, Barry Sanders, and Emmitt Smith, to Patrick Mahomes, Baker Mayfield, Christian McCaffrey, Tom Brady, and Rob Gronkowski, with its conclusion showing Samantha Gordon with the ball running circles around the pros in a ballroom that has been completely destroyed by the pickup contest. According to The Smoking Gun, Shulman referred to the sleeping fan as oblivious, while Kruk, the networks color commentator, noted the ballpark was not the place you come to sleep. Which are both pretty reasonable observations, given the circumstances. All rights reserved. Although school personnel are generally authorized to act in loco parentis (in the place of parents) when students are physically on-campus or engaged in school activities constituting the equivalent of being on-campus (e.g. The precise requirements set forth in each state statute, including restrictions on NIL agreements between endorsers and athletes (e.g. Supporters of the laws argue that without such bans, womens and girls sports at the college and high school level will become dominated by transgender females, although none of the state legislators sponsoring the bills have been able to offer specific examples of unfair competitive advantage, leading to the repeated use of what has now become a clichd phrase that the state laws are a solution in search of a problem. The legislatures of three states (KS, LA, ND) passed such bills that were then vetoed by their governors and 23 other states have voted down the enactment of such legislation. In June 2014 the Missouri Supreme Court ordered a new trial for a Kansas City Royals fan who was injured by a flying hot dog, per an AP report. Copyright 2003-2022 by Hackney Publications. Brian D. Klar. 1. took the fight public because, according to her attorney Howard King via Fox Sports, he and his client have decided not to let the lawsuit live in secrecy because he wants to highlight the NFLs hypocrisy in filing the suit in the first place.. Leading Sports Management and Sports Law Programs. In October 2021, the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) adopted a policy permitting high schoolers to receive NIL compensation without a loss of amateur status, again with the limitation that they will not be allowed to exhibit in a commercial setting their uniforms, logos, or other identifying insignia of their team or school, with the new regulations scheduled to take effect on January 1, 2022. At present, only three state associations have amateurism rules allowing high school student-athletes to be compensated for their NIL. O'Bannon v. NCAA NFL players' concussion litigation Oakley v. Nike and Rory McIlroy ACC v. Maryland Cablevision Dryer et al. In October 2012 Louisiana resident David Mancina filed a class-action lawsuit against the NFL and commissioner Roger Goodell, seeking damages in excess of $5 million on behalf of himself and 2012-13 New Orleans Saints season-ticket holders, perThe Times-Picayune. On April 25, 2021, a U.S. District Court dismissed a federal lawsuit, Soule et al v. Connecticut Association of Schools, filed in February 2020 against the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference (CIAC) and six school districts challenging a policy that permits transgender student-athletes to compete based on their gender identity. Kennedy.". The plaintiffs were three cisgender (non-transgender) female track athletes who claimed that they had no chance of ever winning a race against transgender female tracksters because of their supposed physical superiority. All rights reserved. The direct perpetrators of the sexual assault pleaded guilty during their criminal prosecutions and the standard of practice that emerges from the civil suit is that school districts and athletic personnel will be held responsible for failing to act with reasonable care in regard to developing and implementing a substantive anti-hazing policy, educating coaches and student-athletes about the policy, and supervising student-athletes in those situations and environments where hazing is most likely to occur. And instead of unsubscribing from the text alerts, which he never attempted to do, he decided to sue the Penguins. Ultimately, the appellate court sided with the lower courts assertion that Mayer had failed to prove he had any legal right to damages. In the l inks below, we review the key arguments in 10 of these cases and highlight why they should be followed closely. In September 2021, a settlement of $862,500 was paid in Banks v. Baraboo School District (WI), a case in which a female basketball player had allegedly been harassed through the use of the n-word, Confederate flag, and Nazi salutes by classmates and teammates regarding her race, skin color, coarse hair, and other cultural behaviors harassment that grew so severe that she was forced to transfer to a school in another district. Specifically, Alana Gee claimed that the association was responsible Last month, voters in California dealt a massive blow to legal sports betting in California, or so it seemed. The disappointment was understandablethe lawsuit, not so much. Schools and athletic programs must provide written information to all personnel regardingthe details of their state law, in-service all personnel on the critical importance of satisfying their obligations pursuant to the state law, and monitor ongoing compliance by personnel with the state law. In July 2014 a comically litigious New York Yankees fan filed an epic $10 million defamation suit against ESPN announcers Dan Shulman and John Kruk. Peoria, Illinois, native Matthew Thompson, a 25-year-old electrician, filed a lawsuit that claimed Roses season-long absence caused him to have mental breakdowns and emotional distress, leading to obesity issues,per CSN Chicago. In 2015, at age 12, she was one of the founding players in the Utah Girls Tackle Football League (UGTFL), an organization created by her father which in its first five years grew from 50 participants to 490. A year later Goodwin filed a lawsuit against the PGA in Boston, who hadaccording to himinfringed upon his civil rights by ejecting him. v. Mahanoy Area School District decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit upholding a March 2019 District Court ruling granting summary judgment to a cheerleader (B.L.) Title IX & Sports Inequities In March 2021, in Gordon v. UHSAA & Jordan School District, a U.S. District Court in Utah issued its written decision in a landmark Title IX case in which the plaintiffs sought to have the state association institute tackle football as an interscholastic sport for girls across the state. As of 2008, the Sports and Entertainment Law Journal no longer writes case summaries. On October 20, 2021, the New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) announced a revision of its definition of an amateur so that student-athletes can now participate in commercial endorsements provided there is no school team, school, section, or NYPHSAA affiliation. Therefore, athletes will not be allowed to exhibit in a commercial setting their uniforms, logos, or other identifying insignia of their team, school, section, or the NYSPHSAA. For a thorough summary of the policies of all 50 states and D.C., read the study conducted by ESPN titled Alabama to Wyoming: State Policies On Transgender Participation. One such case was filed in the United States Federal Court in Florida. Sports Litigation Alertis an excellent tool for the classroom. No apparatus was used for prompt cooling of the patient. The lawsuit asserted violations of several of the duties imposed on athletics personnel, including planning, supervision, proper technique instruction, safe playing environment, immediate medical response, and the key responsibility involved in the situation, the duty to monitor athletes for injuries and incapacities. Here are some of the strangest sports lawsuits yet. Introduced in the CAS Code in 20131, the amicus is a traditional . In April 2010 the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia heard arguments in the case of Carl Mayer, a grudge-holding New York Jets fan who filed suit against the division-rival New . In May 2012 Pittsburgh Penguins fan Fred Weiss filed a class-action complaint against team ownership because he was unhappy with the number of texts hed received after deliberately signing up for the updates. 11/29/2018. One of the conclusions stated in the independent investigation was [t]here was a failure to identify escalating symptoms associated with exertional heat illness, including assessing vital signs, identifying the condition, and aggressively treating the patients elevated core temperature. In February 2021, a wrongful death civil lawsuit was filed against the district, high school, school officials, athletic administrators, and coaches, claiming negligence by the defendants in failing to exercise reasonable care in fulfilling their duties of planning, supervision, selection and training of coaches, proper technique instruction, providing a safe playing environment (including assessing heat indices), monitoring athletes for injuries and incapacities, providing appropriate immediate medical assistance, and having in place an emergency medical response plan that could be promptly activated in such circumstances. Neither T.W. Naturally, the lawsuit made no mention of any conduct on their part that may have instigated the fight or name any of the unruly fans who supposedly threatened them by name. Torres v. Texas Department of Public Safety. In July, she founded Nikki Duckett Collective, a full-service legal consulting firm that provides holistic representation to ambitious elite athletes. v. NFL New Jersey gambling Lance Armstrong Aereo Blackhorse v. Pro-Football Inc. I dont even believe in bankruptcy. Wow. Burns so severe she waited a full 24 months to take legal action. on the bus en route to an event, at a place of lodging during an event, or at the site of the event), school officials have extremely limited power when students are truly off-campus, at which times their parents/guardians are exclusively empowered to impose disciplinary measures, including ones for inappropriate social media posts. FanDuel, Inc. United States Seventh Circuit. Last fall The Hollywood Reporter reported that the NFL filed a $1.5 million lawsuit against Sri Lankan rapper M.I.A., who infamously flipped the bird during her halftime appearance at Super Bowl XLVI. She couldnt afford a lawyer, so the Redskins won a default judgment of $66,364. Under existing U.S. Supreme Court precedents, districts and personnel will be held strictly liable (automatically liable) if there is 1) knowledge of the harassment and 2) deliberate indifference to remedying the situation. ncsl.org). Madison Square Garden misinterpreted ethics rules when it banned firm's lawyers from venues, suit says. In October 2021, a teacher and golf coach at Rockville High School (CT) was arrested and charged with multiple felony counts related to child pornography and voyeurism after electronic communications via email and social media were flagged by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and an ensuing investigation traced dozens of photos to his classroom and school sports facilities, including dozens of images stored on his devices and in accounts (in the cloud) being used to store the photos in an effort to avoid discovery of his alleged criminal malfeasance. In April 2010 the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia heard arguments in the case of Carl Mayer, a grudge-holding New York Jets fan who filed suit against the division-rival New England Patriots three years earlier for secretly videotaping the Jets coaches during a game at Giants Stadium in 2007. The free speech case was the first before the nations high court to address the question of school authority over off-campus, inappropriate postings by students or student-athletes on social media. But according to The Buffalo News, Sonntagagain, a double amputeedidnt act fast enough. A federal appeals court has affirmed the conviction of a disbarred lawyer who argued that football head injuries made him unable to form an intent to defraud his bank. An interesting footnote to the Connecticut dispute is that twice in eight days, on both February 14, 2020, and February 22, 2020, Chelsea Mitchell one of the cisgender plaintiffs/ complainants in the cases who had stated, No matter how hard you work, you dont have a fair shot at victory when competing against transgender girls, defeated Terry Miller, a transgender opponent, on the first occasion to win the Class S 55-meter State Championship and on the second occasion to win the All-Class 55-meter State Title. View Website View Lawyer Profile Email Lawyer. Parallel to the federal suit, a complaint was filed with the OCR by the same three cisgender females challenging the same state association policy, a complaint now likely to be resolved in favor of the defendants based on EO 13988 (see above). A few months after Bells death, the district issued enhanced directives governing sports safety protocols, including measures related to the hiring and initial training of coaches, including mandates for First Aid training, CPR certification, AED education, and Code Blue training, along with the use of the online platform Dragon- Fly on which student-athlete health information such as physicals, medical history questionnaires, concussion paperwork, and other medical forms is organized. his claims were subject to a four-year statute of limitations borrowed from Florida tort law." It held that the claims "accrued in 1991, the date of . The youngest was a 9-year-old boy. Engage your students with relevant topics making news today. v. Southern Columbia Area School District, ruled in favor of the districts one-year suspension of a senior football player/ wrestler for his third violation of the schools zero-tolerance drug/ alcohol policy and refused to issue an injunction that would have restored the athletes eligibility. The Standard of Proof and the Threshold for Appeal in Sports Disciplinary Cases (The FA v Imran Louza) The decision of an Appeal Board dismissing the FA's appeal in the case of FA v Imran Louza1 is significant for t. 29 November 2022 | Chiemeka F. Nwosu Why The Nigerian National Sports Industry Policy 2022/26 Represents A Bold Statement Of Intent However, hell have a hard time playing the victim in court, considering he was later ejected from the game for taunting. Constitutional Law: NIL Issues in High School Sports On June 30, 2021, the day before a dozen state laws addressing Name, Image & Likeness (NIL) rights for student-athletes were scheduled to take effect, the NCAA adopted a set of interim rules allowing compensation for college athletes for the use of their NIL, regulations that will remain in place until a permanent NCAA policy or federal legislation is enacted governing the issue. The report on the front page of The Times said, "War struck suddenly and without . He also claimed the Clippers promised not to share contact information or send return text messages,per a report by TMZ Sports. His disqualification, which because of the number of events in which he was scheduled to compete, also resulted in the disqualification of his entire team from the meet and according to state association officials running the competition was because the use of the tape to hold the monitor in place in the pool would supposedly increase his speed, buoyance, or body compression in the water, thereby giving him a competitive advantage. in september 2019, in another legal pronouncement illustrating the standard of practice that should be applied by sports officials, state associations, schools and coaches, with regard to dress codes, grooming requirements, hairstyle rules and similar policies affecting student-athletes, the new jersey division on civil rights and the new jersey In January 2019, the high court declined to hear an appeal of a previous 9th Circuit ruling in 2017 against the coach, but four conservative Justices took the unusual step of including along with that denial of certiorari a six-page statement that they believed the coach might have justiciable issues related to freedom of speech and free exercise of religion. In order to stay abreast of this rapidly evolving sports law issue, school officials will need to monitor their state laws using the NCSL website (see above) and stay current regarding their state association policies. When she joined the Clippers in 2015, Nicole Duckett was the first Black woman to serve as a chief legal officer for any NBA team. At the end of the days swim session, Dudas age group was the first to exit the pool, which was still crowded with more than fifty members of the two older age groups. In this case the threat is Charles Sonntag, a Buffalo man who co-founded 12thManThunder.com, a website aimed at keeping the Bills in town. The initial filing in the lawsuit named as defendants the district, the schools athletic director, members of the football coaching staff, and the schools athletic trainer, and sought $13.2 million for past and future medical expenses, $25 million in punitive damages, and $350,000 for the emotional distress suffered by the victims parents. Our sports lawyers counsel sports industry clients with respect to dispute resolution . We deliver the lastest sports news to your Inbox 24 times a year. Constitutional Law: Equal Protection & Transgender Students On January 20, 2021, the day of his inauguration, President Biden signed a series of Executive Orders, including EO 13988, titled Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation, explicitly reinstating protections against discrimination for LGBTQ individuals, students and student-athletes. The ABA Journal wants to host and facilitate conversations among lawyers about their profession. There's no word on the specific damages Thomas was seeking or exactly how much weight he gained, but its safe to say this was laughed out of court. In May 2014 it was reported that Chicago Blackhawks goalie Corey Crawford was being investigated over an assault a Los Angeles Kings fan claimed he had suffered at Crawfords hand. The Aggies have threatened legal action against Sonntag, a double amputee and cancer survivor who also suffers from Albrights disease, for infringing on the 12th Man.. According to the complaint, the school had previously allowed numerous such political demonstrations by students, including ones supporting the former U.S. President and other conservative causes, but sanctioned the female basketball players by cancelling several games and other team events for their advocacy for a cause unpopular in the local community. The undisclosed player has mild symptoms and is in isolation. In November 2019, a jury awarded the victim $280,000 after finding him 40% responsible for the incident in which the player, a 14-year-old freshman at the time, was sexually assaulted by upperclassmen who physically held him down and penetrated his rectum with a pool cue. Five bills have been introduced in Congress to establish uniform, federal regulation of NIL rights for college athletes, but those proposals are in the early stages of the legislative process and no action is expected on the bills until well into 2022. Compatibility of certain sports regulations with Community law A. The challenge going forward for state associations, schools, and athletics administrators in jurisdictions not granting NIL rights to high schoolers will be dealing with the wide range of emerging issues such as well-known student-athletes opting out of playing for their high school teams so that they may benefit financially from NIL deals (perhaps playing only for club, private, or elite teams that permit NIL compensation), or well-known student-athletes skipping their senior year of high school in order to matriculate early to a university and cash in on their NIL rights, or the transfer of well-known student-athletes to non-state-association schools (e.g. National Collegiate Athletic Association v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma, 468 U.S. 85 (1984) Not many cases never mind sports law cases make it to the United States Supreme Court. The appellate court upheld the damages by concluding that the counselors had acted recklessly (willful, wanton conduct) because they were aware of the extreme danger of drowning for the four non-swimmers in Dudas age group, who could not stand even in the shallow end of the pool with their heads above water, and the counselors were also aware of Duda repeatedly removing his water wings, yet they still allowed him in the water without making him wear a full lifejacket and providing more intensive supervision. 1. . The Court is satisfied that the risk of harm from enjoining the [school districts] ability to consistently enforce it disciplinary rules sufficiently outweighs [the student-athletes First Amendment right of assembly to be where he chooses and associate with whomever he chooses], stated the federal judge in his written opinion. According to the complaint, Friedman alleged he participated in a game at the Staples Center that asked fans to send a text message to the team, which may or may not get posted on the arenas scoreboard. After the game Friedman said he received a text message, which somehow he (allegedly) traced back to the Clippers and cost him several cents. The lawsuit also names the Yankees and Major League baseball as defendants. Constitutional Law: Freedom of Speech & Political ProtestsIn September 2021 an administrative agency complaint lawsuit was filed with the Florida Commission on Human Relations, Studley v. American Heritage School, asserting that the complainant, the former girls basketball coach at the institution, was fired for allowing his players to wear Black Lives Matter t-shirts during pre-game warm-ups (but not during the game itself), allegedly in violation of the schools jersey policy and without prior approval by school administrators. By Jeff Birren, Senior Writer Outstanding head coaches play a critical role for earning millions of dollars a year, and in turn rake in many tens of millions of dollars directly and indirectly from the football program. The standard of practice from the case is that school and athletics administrators must ensure that all sports facilities are inspected by someone with knowledge of local zoning and safety codes and that identified instances of non-compliance are corrected. Acted for a current football player in relation to a dispute concerning an international property investment. Since 2019, eight other states have enacted statutes similar to Idahos limiting sports participation by transgender females (MT, TN, WV, AR, MS, AL, FL, TX) and one state implemented restrictions through an executive order by its governor (SD). Proposition 26 would have allowed tribal nations in California to allow in-person sports betting at their Name, Image & Likeness has had a seismic shift in collegiate athletics where the athletes and the schools that embrace them have had to make adjustments when it comes to areas like NCAA compliance, marketing assistance, and booster involvement, to name a few. All rights reserved. University spokesman Shane Hinkley said the changeover has taken several weeks and did not dismiss the possibility of future legal action. Well, whats fair is fair. Mayall v. USA Water Polo, Inc. United States Ninth Circuit. Actually, a whole new low is a more accurate classification of what went on there. And apparently his time is very valuable, because the class-action lawsuit was seeking $5 million in damages. Contributors: Jodi S Balsam, Associate Professor Of Clinical Law/Director Of Externship Programs, Brooklyn Law School Changing Sports Media Landscape An amicus curia (literally, 'friend of the court') may also be of valuable help for the parties and their counsels, notably in arbitration proceedings involving wider issues such as human rights, employees' rights, environmental concerns, etc. (314) 863-1117 1125 Olivette Executive Pkwy. Engage your students with relevant topics making news today. But the ones that meet at that entertaining cross section tend to make the most headlines. As a Pittsburgh fan, I can say with certainty that most of us recognized that harsh reality as soon as the disappointment and disdain for the bad officiating wore off. Because the situation involved juveniles and because of student privacy laws, neither the Jefferson County Sheriffs Office nor the school district have disclosed the precise details of sexual components of the hazing perpetrated on underclassmen baseball players by the older players. by athletes to their institutions), are available from the National Conference of State Legislatures (www. The USTA has announced its new Board of Directors for a two-year term that starts January 1. Perhaps realizing hed acted on emotion rather than a legally actionable complaint, less than three months later McGuinness filed notice in Miami-Date Circuit Court, which voluntarily dismissed the case. The St. Louis County Circuit Court is here to serve the citizens of St. Louis County by providing access to a fair, impartial, prompt and cost-effective system of justice that ensures all are treated with courtesy and dignity and that fosters the respect and confidence of the public in an independent judicial system. The cases are still making their way through the courts, however, with the ubiquity of cameras in phones, tablets, laptops, and other electronic devices, the situation highlights the need for school policies banning cameras from all private areas within school athletic facilities. hijabs) and in swimming and diving, athletes may wear suits that provide full body coverage. As have so many sports initiation rituals in recent years, the Chatfield hazing events allegedly involved elements of sexual misconduct and because, as in most instances of hazing in high school athletics, the victims were minors, the incident triggered the requirements set forth in the Colorado Child Abuse Reporting Act. In January 2013 a hilariously litigious Miami Heat fan named Larry McGuinness filed a class-action lawsuit claiming that San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich intentionally and surreptitiously sent their best players home without knowledge of the league, the team and fans attending the Nov. 29 game in Miami, per ESPN.coms Darren Rovell. If Rector thought comments were vicious before, wait until he reads the ones on articles about this ridiculous lawsuit and his assertion that he suffered intentional infliction of emotional distress. Those are going to strike a serious blow to his already fragile self-esteem. Entertainment & Sports, Business, Estate Planning and Personal Injury. In December 2013 Los Angeles Clippers fan (assuming you can call someone who files a frivolous lawsuit against his team a fan) Ari Friedman filed suitagainst the team for spamming his phone. Its unclear how the whole thing turned out, but Goodwin probably won since we all know dressing up like a tiger at a golf tournament is protected in the Bill of Rights. On March 17, 2020, the Ottawa Senators announced one of their players has tested positive for the coronavirus. Naturally, the sports world sees its share of interesting and strange lawsuits. Specifically, they voted down Proposition 26 and 27. I. St. Louis, MO 63132. Christopher Falcone was among the fans at First Union Center who were harassing Domi with verbal taunts, but he was the only one with the stones to run the beef up the flagpole. 1083 ABA Journal Entertainment & Sports Law articles. Moreover, the public has a strong interest in deterring underage drinking amongst students that would be harmed by enjoining T.W.s suspension. Most similar cases in recent years across the country have been decided in favor of upholding zero tolerance drug/alcohol clauses in codes of conduct, with the only exceptions being in states where by statute or state association policy, schools are limited to sanctioning behavior that occurs during the sports season or school year, an issue which ADs must address by researching and staying current with their jurisdictions law and their state associations policies. That was back "when her daughter danced in the halftime shows at the old D.C. Stadium, before it was renamed in memory of Robert F. Please find below a summary of some of our most recently concluded cases within this area. In the February 2021 decision in Barrigan v. Continental Soccer League, a case involving the duty to provide a safe environment and which illustrated the dangers of allowing spectators to stand too close to the action at sports events and also highlighting the need for adequate lighting at contests, the California Court of Appeals reversed a lower court dismissal of a suit involving a May 2016 incident in which a mother standing on the sideline of a dimly-lit field watching her son play in a soccer game, and who was run over by two players chasing a ball out of bounds, resulting in her suffering a compound leg fracture and incurring more than $60,000 in medical expenses. It is important to note that in addition to the tragic loss of a young mans life, the failure to fulfill those duties cost the institution not only the $3.5 million tied to the settlement, but an additional $1.57 million in expenses for the independent investigation which generated a detailed set of recommendations to ensure that such a tragedy never again occurs at the school. On the second day in the pool, the three counselors for Dudas age group were aware that he was repeatedly removing his water wings, following each instance of which they replaced the flotation devices and reprimanded the boy. Its just strange because the NFL doesnt need the money and you wouldnt think the league want the bad press, but apparently it does. Sports Law, Gaming Law. #120. 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