LIV Players v. PGA: Golf's Legal Epicenter with Jodi Balsam

Busy, busy week of sports law!! Dan Lust is joined by John Nucci (@JNucci23) to break down the latest.

New this week was a win for the PGA Tour in the case where LIV golfers sued them for violating antitrust law. (2:57) Three LIV Golfers (Talor Gooch, Hudson Swafford, and Matt Jones) were also seeking a temporary restraining order to be allowed to compete in the PGA Tour's upcoming FedEx Cup Playoffs and get around the PGA suspensions. However, Judge Beth Freeman denied the TRO by ruling that the LIV golfers failed to show irreparable harm if the TRO was not granted. Judge Freeman also attacked the entirety of antitrust case by finding the LIV players had not established a likelihood of success on the merits. Read more about it here. 

Jodi Balsam (@JodiBalsam) joins to further assist in breaking down the news surrounding the LIV players v. PGA antitrust lawsuit. (16:53) Jodi explains the ruling of Judge Freeman and her analysis of their TRO argument. Jodi also discusses the irreparable harm argument and how the court determined their LIV payment has already compensated the golfers for the harms they have suffered by being suspended from the PGA Tour. Jodi analyzes why she thinks this lawsuit is a strategic one for LIV to provide leverage over the PGA Tour. Also, the strict nature of the LIV contracts being used are similar to the contracts they are arguing against with the PGA Tour. Jodi predicts what the future of golf looks like.

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