Live Nations trial in week 3

Live Nations trial in week three

March 16, 2025

Jeffrey Kessler to rep states as Live Nation trial set to resume Monday
The third week of the Live Nations trial is coming up. It involves more than two dozen states and the District of Columbia is spearheading the case. The states’ motion for mistrial was withdrawn Friday afternoon.The states will be co-represented by Jeffrey Kessler of Winston & Strawn and Jonathan Hatch of the Office of the New York State Attorney General. Kessler most recently represented 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports in their antitrust lawsuit against NASCAR.
^{Sports Business Journal}

Nonprofit Packers see threat coming in NFL boom times
The Green Bay Packers are the only nonprofit in the NFL. Packers President and CEO Ed Policy says the new surge of wealth coming into the league threatens the league’s vaunted economic party. Policy also says the Packers will take a more aggressive posture on revenue growth. They will have more offseason events at Lambeau Field, more sponsorship sales and ticket price hikes.
^{Sports Business Journal}

CFTC Urges Prediction Markets To Partner With Sports Leagues
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission intends to foster responsible growth while asserting its exclusive federal authority over prediction markets. The sector is not posting roughly $13.8 billion in combined monthly trading volume across Kalshi and Polymarket. On March 12, 2026, the CFTC took two coordinated steps that together form the first explicit, agency-wide roadmap for “event contracts”—futures and options whose payoffs depend on real-world outcomes such as elections, economic data releases, and sports results.
^Forbes

Roku to Release Sac State Series Produced by Omaha, Overtime
Peyton Manning’s Omaha Productions and Overtime are working together on a docuseries featuring this season’s Sacramento State men’s basketball team. The series will air on Roku and will be named Fear Nothing: Sac State. Sacramento State is more of a startup team with some star power invested in it. Shaquille O’Neal is the program’s general manager, and Mike Bibby is the head coach.
^{Front Office Sports}

Bahrain And Saudi Arabian F1 Races Officially Cancelled Amid Middle East Conflict
The two Middle Eastern races for F1 this season have been cancelled. The races to Bahrain and Saudi Arabia in April will not happen due to the US-Israeli war on Iran. The races will not be replaced. There will be a five-week gap in the calendar between the end-of-March Japan round and the Miami Grand Prix in the first week of May.
^Motorsport

Dana White: UFC to issue 85,000 free tickets for White House card
The UFC plans to make 85,000 free tickets available to the public for its unprecedented live event at the White House on June 14. Dana White said the 85,000 tickets will be for an outdoor viewing experience at the Ellipse in Washington. The fights, which have been dubbed Freedom Fights 250 in honor of the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence, will take place nearby, on the South Lawn of the White House.
^ESPN

Hall of Famer Tony Dungy announces NBC let him go after 17 seasons on their pregame show
Pro Football Hall of Famer Tony Dungy announced on social media that he will not be a part of NBC’s Football Night in America next season. Dungy is 70 years old. He has spent the last 17 seasons with the pregame show and was on the field for NBC’s coverage of Super Bowl LX.
^{Fox News}

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Big 12 ditching slippery glass floor for hardwood for rest of tournament
The Big 12 Conference ditched the slippery glass floor for a hardwood court for the last two days of the tournament. The glass floor has an aluminum and steel spring-action design that is supposed to mimic the flexibility of hardwood. The LED panels, which display everything from data-driven graphics to advertising, have ceramic coating and little dots etched into the glass that are supposed to create a grip that is consistent with traditional surfaces. The ball seems to bounce like usual, though with a different “thudding” sound. There are a whole lot more squeaks from sneakers than usual. But the biggest difference has been the traction.
^{AP Sports}

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