You need to read Sports AND Entertainment Law and Summarize the 2 cases in the Case Study.

SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT LAW When Players Break the Law and Owners Are Offensive During 2014, professional sports had three events that resulted in a public engaged in the business decisions of the teams and their leagues. Baltimore Ravens player Ray Rice was accused of striking his fianc (who would shortly become his wife) in an elevator. Local authorities declined to prosecute because his wife refused to cooperate with the investigation or the prosecu- tion. Nonetheless, Roger Goodell, the NFL commissioner, sus- pended Mr. Rice from play indefinitely. Public opinion swung both ways, and Mr. Rice eventually won his appeal on the sus- pension and was reinstated. However, he lost his endorsement contracts with various companies, including Nike. In the NBA, Donald Sterling was forced by the league to sell the LA Clippers franchise after an audio tape emerged of him making racist comments to his girlfriend. Steve Ballmer, the former CEO of Microsoft, bought the team for S2 billion. The team owners in the NBA made the decision by a vote to require Sterling to sell the team, a provision permitted under the bylaws of the corporation. Back in the NFL, Adrian Peterson of the Minnesota Vikings was arrested for child abuse. Mr. Peterson entered a no-contest plea to the charges, which were based on his using a branch to hit his four-year-old son. The court's determination of guilt was postponed for two years as Mr. Peterson serves 80 hours of community service and pays a $4,000 fine. Under its bylaws, the NFL imposed a temporary suspension, and Mr. Peterson and the NFL are locked in a court and arbitration dispute over the suspension. The three cases have these topics in common: Private conduct affected business ownership and employment. There were private bylaws involved that permitted lea- gue action against team owners and players. There were also civil and criminal laws involved that required prosecution in two of the cases. The law at various levels, including the authority of the lea- gues to do what they did, was at the center of these very public controversies.