July 1, 2020

NBA’s Restart Requires Health and Safety “Compliance Program in a Bubble”

The NBA, in announcing its restart plan for the 2019-20 season, did not specifically refer to it as a compliance program, notwithstanding it has  many of […]
June 8, 2020

Safety First for Officials as Sports Reopen

While sports officials have not been formally designated “essential workers” during the COVID-19 pandemic, they certainly remain essential to all sports organizations now in the process […]
May 6, 2020

Compliance Challenges for Sports in the Coronavirus Era

No country in the world has the array of sports available to the public as does the United States. Whether one is an actual participant or […]
April 22, 2020

The FIFA Bribery Scandal Results in Numerous Criminal Charges and at Least One Significant Question

According to a recent report in the New York Times (the “Times”), after years of investigations and indictments, the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) handed […]
March 19, 2020

A Horse Racing Scandal: Lessons Learned

Washington Post writer Matt Bonesteel reports that, according to charging documents, more than two dozen horse racing industry employees have been charged with participating in a […]
March 9, 2020

Astros’ Scandal – A Silver Lining

At first blush, trying to find something positive about the Houston Astros’ sign-stealing scandal is like the proverbial “finding a needle in a haystack.” However, after […]
January 21, 2020

Astros’ Owner Responds Decisively to MLB Report

After receiving Major League Baseball’s (MLB) blockbuster report on the Houston Astros’ sign-stealing scandal, team owner and chairman, Jim Crane, announced at a press conference on […]
January 6, 2020

Former Sports Stars Charged in Health Care Fraud Scheme

By: David D. Dodge Historically, the main focus of health care fraud investigations in the U.S. has been on  insurance, drug and medical fraud – mostly […]
December 17, 2019

NHL Taking Steps to Combat Abusive Behavior

By David D. Dodge david@sprtsoc.com Following a recent meeting of the National Hockey League (NHL) Board of Governors, League Commissioner Gary Bettman announced new steps are […]
November 7, 2019

All For the Good of the Game

While past major scandals involving Major League Baseball (MLB) have centered on the steroids era (late 80s – late 2000s), testing for performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) […]
September 5, 2019

An Update on the Establishment of Independent Advocacy Groups Formed for the Benefit of Olympic Athletes and College Student-Athletes

For the past couple decades or so, athletes participating in various sports under the umbrella of the United States Olympic Committee (“USOC”) and its National Governing […]
August 6, 2019

Lessons from the Senate Olympics Investigation

The U.S. sports industry, largely unregulated in contrast to the most regulated industries in the nation, is on the cusp of learning first-hand what happens when […]