The lawsuits allege the boxers, their promoters and the cable networks airing the May 2 match duped viewers into paying $89.95 to watch the “Fight of the Century” on pay-per-view while the defendants pocketed $300 million. After the fight, loser Pacquiao revealed that he had suffered a torn rotator cuff one month earlier.
NLRB REJECTS UNION BID
The National Labor Relations Board on Aug. 17 unanimously rejected the proposed Northwestern University football players’ union — the first time college athletes have attempted to form a union. But the board members failed to specify whether the players are in fact “employees” of the university, a central question many expected the NLRB to answer. The players submitted a union petition in January 2014.
