Nonprofit Sues NFL After Moving Charity Event Away From Las Vegas Casino

A lawsuit filed in Dallas County Court on Tuesday by a nonprofit corporation against the NFL seeks up to $100,000 in damages. It accused the league of sending it “hush money” and committing fraud after it rescheduled a charity event away from a venue on casino property.

According to the lawsuit, which was obtained by Legal Sports Report, the nonprofit corporation Strikes for Kids was pressured by NFL senior labor relations counsel Brooke Gardiner last June to relocate its second annual Las Vegas All-Star Classic charity event.

The suit said that Gardiner told Strikes for Kids that if it didn’t relocate the event, which was slated to be held at a large bowling alley on the property of the Sunset Station Casino, that the 25 NFL players who were scheduled to attend would not be able to attend.