WELCOME to Conduct Detrimental! The Dans are back to bring you the latest at the intersection of Sports and the law. Matt Araiza was accused of raping a 17-year-old when he attended San Diego State University. (3:00) Araiza had since been drafted by the Buffalo Bills and amidst these allegations, the Bills have released Araiza. Allegedly, some NFL teams knew about these allegations before the Draft including the Bills. This begs the question of the power of the personal conduct policy for Goodell to not be able to place him on the exempt list for actions prior to NFL and the due diligence required by teams before the Draft. Should players bear the burden of disclosure? Chet Holmgren suffered from a season ending foot injury while playing in a pro-am game. (13:38) The question is, can Chet's contract be voided for an injury occurring in a pick-up game? Ultimately, his contract would need to have a clause that prevented him from playing in any pickup games, and that they did not allow Chet to participate in this pro-am. Vanessa Bryant won in her invasion of privacy case against the LA Sherriff's and Firefighters. (21:40) The Dans are joined by Brent Schrotenboer (@Schrotenboer) of USA Today to discuss his perspective from within the courthouse and the post-verdict motions. The jury made a mistake in their award in that Vanessa was to receive $15 million instead of the original $16 million. Brent breaks down the trial and the tactics that each side used. Minor League Baseball is attempting to unionize. (1:00:45) The Dans are joined by Bill Shaikin (@BillShaikin) of the LA Times to break it down. Bill wrote an article which navigates the history of minor league baseball players advocating for more rights and ultimately leading to their request to unionize. Read his full article here. Bill considers MLB to be a reactive league over a proactive league. The MLBPA has sent authorization cards to minor league players where if they opt-in to the collective bargaining, then the MLBPA will represent them. Federal Law requires at least 30% participation. *** Have a topic you want to write about? ANYONE and EVERYONE can publish for ConductDetrimental.com. Let us know if you want to join the team. Dan Wallach (@WallachLegal) | Dan Lust (@SportsLawLust) | Mike Lawson (@mike_sonof_law) Twitter | Instagram | TikTok | YouTube | Website | Email

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