Scherzer Leak, Iowa State Gambling Sting, Northwestern Do-Over Report

Dan Lust and Mike are joined by Amanda Christovich of Front Office Sports to bring you the latest in the sports law world.

Welcome to THE Sports Law Podcast! We keep you informed on everything at the intersection of sports and the law. There have been quite a few updates in the world of sports law as Dan (⁠⁠@SportsLawLust) and Mike (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@MikesonofLaw⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) are joined by Amanda Christovich (@achristovichh) to help break it all down.

Northwestern now has 9 lawsuits, and counting, against them for the hazing allegations. (1:16) Since we recorded, another 2 have been filed, making a total of 11 lawsuits. Northwestern has now hired former US Attorney General Loretta Lynch to conduct another investigation into these allegations. We discuss what happened during their first investigation, which led to only a two-week suspension of Coach Fitzgerald, and then after public backlash he was ultimately fired. We also break down what this holds for Northwestern and the domino effect it may have.

We have entered the era of college sports gambling stings. (13:09) Iowa State was involved in a gambling sting in which 7 student-athletes were found to have placed numerous bets on college and pro sports. These players have also been criminally charged with tampering, for placing bets under the names of family members (mainly mothers and brothers). One of the players involved is former Iowa State player Eyioma Uwazurike, who was also recently suspended from the NFL for making illegal bets while a part of the Broncos organization. We are now seeing more and more gambling scandals pop up in the college space.

The Mets are in full sell mode after trading both Max Scherzer and Justin Verlander, but they are also in full tank mode. (23:45) Scherzer leaked a conversation that he had with Mets GM Billy Eppler in which the Mets are going to be in a "transitory year" in 2024 and they would not be going after any big players in free agency. We discuss tanking in baseball and strategic trades of players before their free agency.

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