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Can I let people fight bears for profit?
Consider the following scenario, with phrasing and details from this Tumblr post (mirrored here, screenshot):
A for-profit business offers an interactive experience where a patron "step[s] into ...
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Why is one boxer allowed to hit their opponent, risking serious injury? [duplicate]
In a boxing match, each of the contestants routinely tries to get direct hits against the other's head and body and to injure them enough to make them incapable of continuing the fight.
At the same ...
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Are sporting competition rules a form of legal contract?
This is a mostly hypothetical question.
Consider this - a sports governing body organises a competition with a set of rules and a modest cash prize. The rules include a minor change (not a typo, an ...
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Baseball caught: Ownership? Can one leave?
A spectator found the baseball of Shohei Ohtani's first home run in the bleachers.
According to the linked article, she was surrounded by security and pressured to give up the ball (so that Ohtani can ...
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Is it legal to use a downloaded copy of a sports broadcast for development purposes?
Alice downloads a copy of a college sports game from the internet. She does not have explicit permission from the owner of the broadcast. Alice sends the downloaded video to Bob.
Bob uses the ...
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Can I sell a figurine of iconic football moments [closed]
I am making a football star figurine replicating an iconic goal scoring moment. I want to sell these figurines on Etsy. Is there any legal requirements for the UK where I have to say something or I ...
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Legality of spending public money on private enterprise
I am wondering about spending public money on private enterprise. In particular, for the city of Santa Fe, NM, USA. The enterprise is an indoor soccer franchise.
The city is being asked to cover the $...
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Legal to publish video of sports competitions without subjects' consent?
If I participate in and film my participation in a sports competition in the UK, can I publish the footage afterwards if it contains the other participants without asking them?
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Is evidence of rumours of a defendant's racism unhelpful in a defamation case involving accusations of cheating?
Defendant accuses Plaintiff of cheating in a competition. Plaintiff sues Defendant for defamation.
Plaintiff has heard rumours that Defendant is racist. Assuming these could be substantiated in some ...
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Would it be / have been unhelpful for Hans Niemann to bring up Magnus Carlsen's own cheating?
This is about the Carlsen–Niemann controversy asked about previously:
Why don't courts punish time-wasting tactics?
How can Magnus Carlsen, a Norwegian, be sued for defamation by Hans Niemann in ...
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Why was nine-pin bowling illegal in most states, unlike ten-pin bowling?
In the 1800s, ten-pin bowling was invented as a way to circumvent the ban on nine-pin bowling that was placed by all states except Texas. However, ten-pin bowling was not banned by any state. I don't ...
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Why don't courts punish time-wasting tactics?
Inspired by the lawsuit filed amidst an ongoing controversy in the chess world. In brief, one player (Carlsen) accused another (Niemann) of cheating, and Niemann filed a defamation lawsuit against ...
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Can players and coaches be held criminally liable for actions that they take beyond the scope of their game?
Back in 2012, the NFL charged the New Orleans Saints with running a bounty system from 2009 to 2011 with the stated goal of knocking out opposing players via injury thereby improving their odds of ...
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How can Magnus Carlsen, a Norwegian, be sued for defamation by Hans Niemann in Missouri?
Hans Niemann is suing multiple people for defamation (full complaint):
Among the defendants, Norwegian Magnus Carlsen is listed. I don't get how this is possible: they're two separate countries with ...
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Is flashscore.com data copyrighted?
I have read that sports results can not be copyrighted since they are facts. But i've read the terms of https://www.flashscore.com/terms/ , where it says:
Intellectual Property
Without prior ...
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If an athlete knowingly 'doped' with a placebo could it be considered a WADA anti-doping rule violation?
A question yesterday asked whether an athlete who thought they were taking a performance enhancing substance (but was in fact given a placebo substance) would fall foul of anti-doping rules.
My (...
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Placebo doping in sport
It is illegal in most sports to take any of a list of banned performance-enhancing substances. There are governing bodies across sport to enforce these restrictions.
If an athlete were to honestly ...
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Is a disclaimer of liability on a web page sufficient?
Cycling with a group is even more enjoyable than solitary cycling—most of the time anyway.
But those who were tempted to organize murmur that organizing a biking trip presents an inherent risk. If/...
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Is it illegal to have an app that allows 2 friends to “bet” on a sporting event if money is not involved?
Would it be legal in the US to have an app that allows 2 friends to “bet” on a sporting event if there is no exchange of money? Instead, the users would simply accumulate points if they win the bet? ...
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English Football Club ownership
I have been wondering if club fans have the power to sanction the compulsory sale of the club by an owner whom they perceive as frustrating their club's future. In any case, the money comes from these ...
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Short-time work for professional football players
In Germany, a lot of people are currently doing "short-time work" right now which is partly compensated by the state or state-controlled insurances.
I heard that some employees of professional ...
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Is it legal to crowdfund the cash prize that would be payed to the winner of a 1-on-1 sporting event?
I am personally planning to build a donation-based crowdfunding sporting (like chess, shogi, go, etc.) website . I would like to know if it is legal to gather donation from the users then pay the ...
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Can the GDPR be used to ask free race photographs?
A lot of time pictures of participants are taken during a sports event. These are often sold afterwards for e.g. 10 euro each. Some people just share the watermarked image on social media.
But my ...
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Is it legal to climb on public bridges when there are no prohibition signs?
I like to climb around on the steel structures below public road bridges. I do it for no other reason than having fun. I do it only at night because I don't want to attract attention, but I'm ...
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Do people have the right to comment or live blog professional sports in the United States?
Do private persons have the freedom to live blog or comment on games on progress in professional sports?
For example, can a web caster watch the game on TV and then give his running commentary and ...
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Copyright of recorded sport events
I understand that music concerts are copyrighted and you can't post the music online if you record it with phone or whatever, but how about sport events?
Say I attended a tennis match and recorded ...
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Are there legal labelling requirements regarding the “moisture-wicking” property claimed for certain fabrics?
Or can I just claim that any fabric is moisture-wicking? Could I sell a garment advertising that it wicks moisture into outer-space, using technology developed by astronauts? While protecting the ...
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UEFA membership criteria
There are UEFA statutes in which the criteria for membership in that organisation are next (on the 9th page):
https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/OfficialDocument/uefaorg/WhatUEFAis/02/48/...
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Usage of nation names as teams
Can I use Country's names in my online championship game to allow players to recruit themselves in for their favourite/geographical nation and play against other nations?
Cases:
Is it legal to ...
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Do footballers ever get in legal trouble if they commit a violent foul?
Consider this infamous example when Zidane headbutted an opponent in the 2006 world cup. He got a red card, but if he'd done a similar thing while walking down the street, he might have ended up in a ...
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Are NFL athletes employees of their teams?
Are NFL athletes employees of their teams, or are they contractors? Are their civil protections similar to a normal person working an office job?
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Are there laws requiring the release of PII to participate in wall climbing in Utah?
I've been climbing climbing walls for over a decade. It's a lot of fun. But after moving to Utah recently, I find myself at a bit of an impasse. I can't find any place around here that has a ...
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Why do boxing fights need to be sanctioned by state authorities?
Why does boxing (and perhaps MMA) need to be sanctioned by state authorities like the Nevada Athletic Commission or New York State athletic commission?
Other sports like baseball require no such ...
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Do football players still get paid if they get sidelined?
What is the norm for big sports contracts? Does the player still get paid if he is injured, or otherwise cannot play?
For example, in 2001 Drew Bledsoe, quarterback for the Patriots had just signed a ...
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Sharing sports video clips, is it Fair Use?
I own a little Instagram page related to football, and one question came to mind.
Let's say that I take a video showing a beautiful goal from a soccer game and share it to Instagram, Twitter, or any ...
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Can I take a bow and arrows on the train in the UK?
I'm interested in taking up archery. Attending the closest club would require that I take the train there as I cannot drive.
Would I be able to take a bow and arrows, secured in a case, on the train?
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How can the Nevada State Athletic Commission enforce the fines they give?
How can the Nevada State Athletic Commission enforce the fines they sometimes give to athletes? I.e., if an athlete refuses to pay their fine (example), what can the Nevada State Athletic Commission ...
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