With a major lawsuit alleging daily fantasy sports providers DraftKings and FanDuel of insider trading about to go on trial, you can imagine the lawyers are ready for a tough legal battle ahead. These allegations began when it was found that employees from DraftKings were using nonpublic information about fantasy players and using this to make "money-winning" lineups at their competitor's site FanDuel (due to employees not being allowed to play at their own sites) and vice versa. This not only gave these fantasy players a competitive edge while making their lineups, but it also may have caused other fantasy players to lose money or win less than they should have. This has cause a lot of bad publicity for both fantasy sports providers, but their troubles haven't ended there...
Now an article from The Washington Post states that NFL wide receiver Pierre Garcon of the Washington Redskins is suing fantasy football provider FanDuel on behalf of all NFL players. In his lawsuit, Garcon claims "I am bringing this lawsuit against FanDuel for using my name, image, and
likeness in both daily fantasy contests and through advertising on TV
ads and infomercials. FanDuel has taken the liberty to engage in these
actions without my consent and without proper licensing rights. As a
result of these activities, FanDuel daily fantasy contests have shown
increasing revenues leading to large profits. Therefore, on behalf of
myself as well as any other players who are being treated unjustly, I
chose to file a complaint.."
What Garcon is essentially stating in his complaint is that FanDuel is using his image, as well as other NFL players, to promote their website without the consent or any proper licensing or legal papers. This is a problem because FanDuel are making LOTS of money off NFL player's images and performance like Garcons in their commercials and they aren't getting compensated for it. Another complaint that Garcon had with FanDuel was that they were "knowingly and improperly exploit[ing] the popularity and performance" of Garcon and other NFL players without their consent. All this leads to another lawsuit that will have to be settled in court for fantasy provider FanDuel.
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