Jets, N.Y. Film Academy Launching New Workshops

The NFL Jets and the N.Y. Film Academy are launching the Sports Media Academy, which will offer two 16-week workshops in Sports Photography and Sports Broadcasting for fans and aspiring media professionals. As part of the program, students will create a media portfolio while covering the Jets at sel ...

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Judge Rules Against NFLers In Workers Comp Case

A federal judge in Louisiana yesterday ruled that eight former Saints players must comply with the terms of their contracts and file workers' compensation claims. The judgment, from the same federal court currently presiding over the bounty cases, affirmed an arbitrator’s August '11 award ...

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Packers Set Earnings, Revenue Records

The Packers shattered earnings and revenue records in the year ended March 31. The team reported that revenue hit a record high of $302M, a $19.4M increase, while net income hit $42.7M, up from $17.1M. The 12-month period covered the first season under the new 10-year CBA. Overall expenses ...

U.S. Open Series Is Emirates Airline's No. 2 Deal

The Emirates Airline U.S. Open Series is the airline’s second biggest sponsorship measured by fees, even more than the its deal with EPL club Arsenal, Emirates Head of Sponsorship Roger Duthie told a group of reporters in N.Y. yesterday. The USTA, which organizes the Series that begins this we ...

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Tennis Deal Is Emirates Airline's Second-Biggest

The Emirates Airline U.S. Open Series is Emirates Airline’s second biggest sponsorship measured by fees, even more than the airline’s deal with EPL club Arsenal, Emirates Head of Sponsorship Roger Duthie told a group of reporters in N.Y. this afternoon. The USTA, which organizes the Se ...

Packers Set To Issue Earnings Report

The Packers this afternoon will report their earnings to the media, marking the first report that covers the new CBA. The Packers are the only NFL team that reports publicly, so their annual earnings report offers the only glimpse into the internal financials of the league's teams. The club last yea ...

More Legal Moves In NFL Bounty Case

In a day of dueling legal motions, the NFL asked a federal court to throw out a defamation lawsuit brought by suspended Saints LB Jonathan Vilma , while the player hours later asked the court to block the suspension. The NFL has suspended Vilma for the season for his role in the alleged bounty scan ...

NFLPA Asks Court To Overturn Bounty Suspensions

The NFLPA this morning asked a federal court to overturn NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell’s suspensions of three players for their role in the alleged Saints bounty scandal. A fourth player, Jonathan Vilma, filed his own lawsuit last month. Goodell also is due to file a response today to Vilma&r ...

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One Law Firm Settles With Group Of NFL Retirees

Dallas-based law firm McKool Smith has settled with a group of NFL retirees, who claimed the firm failed to adequately represent them, but a second firm is moving to have the settlement stopped. McKool and Manatt Phelps represented a class of over 2,000 retirees in a class action lawsuit brought aga ...

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Judge Scheduled Call In SB XLV Case

A federal judge in Texas has scheduled a conference call for Thursday between the NFL and lawyers for ticket holders suing the league for the seating problems at Super Bowl XLV in Dallas. The ticket holders earlier this week notified the court that mediation had failed, and claimed the league negoti ...

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