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Follow-up on Buster Olney - Hardy, Hermida, Teahan
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After posting last week about Buster Olney’s article and comments about arbitration-eligible players and free agents, the Twins traded Carlos Gomez to the Brewers for J.J. Hardy; the Red Sox traded Jose Alvarez and Hunter Jones to the Marlins for Jeremy Hermida; and the White Sox...
Tulane Baseball Arbitration Competition
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I am proud to announce that the Tulane Law School Sports Law Society will be hosting its third annual National Baseball Arbitration Competition from January 22-24, 2010. This is a really great and unique event that allows students to argue a baseball arbitration case involving real...
Tulane Law School Baseball Arbitration Competition
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I am proud to announce that the Tulane Law School Sports Law Society will be hosting its third annual National Baseball Arbitration Competition from January 22-24, 2010. This is a really great and unique event that allows students to argue a baseball arbitration case involving real...
Referees Injured by Tortious or Criminal Behavior of Players
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Victoria E. Freile and Claudia Vargas of the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle have an interesting piece on a sports law topic that we often don't discuss: referees injured by the tortious or criminal behavior of players. They focus on a recent incident in an adult amateur football...
Legal Fallout from Phoenix Coyotes - NHL Saga
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Over on the American Lawyer Daily, Zach Lowe has a good piece on the legal fallout of the Phoenix Coyotes likely sale to the NHL. He interviews me for his story, and I tie-in the American Needle case. Here's an excerpt:The [NHL] apparently doesn't want the Coyotes for long...
The Changing Landscape of Salary Arbitration-Eligible Players and Free Agents in Baseball
4 days ago by
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With the Yankees winning the World Series last night, the off-season officially began this morning. The clock starts ticking on the free agent filing period of 15 days after the end of the World Series. Buster Olney appeared on Mike and Mike on ESPN this morning. He started his segment...
Peter Carfagna's New Sports Law Books
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There are a number of terrific sports law case books available, and there is a new one that joins them: Peter Carfagna's "Sports and the Law: Examining the Legal Evolution of American's Three 'Major Leagues" (West, 2009).Peter's book is devoted to the sports...
More on Star Caps
5 days ago by
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As a follow up to Nathaniel’s post on the Star Caps hearing, the written testimony of all of the witnesses and the video of the hearing can be found here (note that the testimony from the witnesses does not being until about the 1:26:48 mark).Here is the full witness list: Roger...
Congress Considers the StarCaps Case
6 days ago by
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A Congressional hearing was held today regarding whether to amend the Labor Management Relations Act in order to protect professional sports leagues' performance enhancing drug policies from being attacked under state law. The hearing was held in response to the 8th Circuit'...
U.S. Supreme Court to hear American Needle v. NFL on January 13, 2010
6 days ago by
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The U.S. Supreme Court released its January calendar today, and announced that American Needle v. NFL will be heard on Wednesday, January 13, 2010. For past Sports Law Blog coverage on the case, click here.
Do Pro Athletes Commit Crimes at Unusually High Rates?
12 days ago by
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Lawrence Delevingne of The Business Insider explores athletes and crime in a recent piece. He interviews Geoff, Duke Law Prof Lisa Kern Griffin, and me. Here's an excerpt:But pro athletes aren't actually more likely to commit crimes that the average citizen. It just seems that...
Buzz Bissinger Op-Ed in today's New York Times on NBA's Eligiblity Restriction: From Supporter to Opponent
13 days ago by
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Pulitzer prize winner H.G. "Buzz" Bissinger (author of the famed Friday Night Lights and LeBron James' co-author of Shooting Stars) pens an outstanding op-ed in today's New York Times on the NBA's eligibility rule, which Bissinger admits he thought was a good...
Sports Law Blog's Joe Rosen Signs Red Sox Reliever Hideki Okajima as Client
15 days ago by
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Congratulations to agent/attorney Joe Rosen, who has guest blogged here on a number of occasions (including in 2005 when he asked "Is NASCAR a Sport?"), on signing as a client Boston Red Sox reliever Hideki Okajima. This news has been reported in the Boston Globe and Boston...
Media self-protection?
15 days ago by
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University of Montana football coach Bobby Hauck is getting raked over the coals because he (and the members of the team) are refusing to speak with reporters from The Kamin, the student newspaper, after the paper published a story (the facts of which have not been contested or criticized...
Sports Law Discussion today at Harvard Law School
18 days ago by
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Sorry for the late notice, but if you're in the Cambridge Massachusetts area today and are free between 3:15 and 4:30, Boston Celtics Assistant Executive Director of Basketball Operations & Associate Counsel Mike Zarren and I will be co-lecturing on age eligibility restrictions...
Sports Implications of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA)
19 days ago by
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Shaun Assel of ESPN Magazine has an interesting article on the sports implications of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA), which goes into effect Nov. 21, and which explicitly bars employers from using genetic results in hiring and workplace decisions. The piece, which...
New Sports Law Scholarship
21 days ago by
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Recently published scholarship includes: Phyllis Coleman, Note to athletes, NFL, and NBA: dog fighting is a crime, not a sport, 3 JOURNAL OF ANIMAL LAW AND ETHICS 85 (2009)Helmut M. Dietl et al., Governance of professional sports leagues--cooperatives versus contracts, 29 INTERNATIONAL...
Chris Bosh wins rights to domain
25 days ago by
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Alert reader Devin Black sends along this story about Chris Bosh of the Toronto Raptors, who successfully sued to recover use of the domain chrisbosh.com from a cyber-squatter named Luis Zavala, who also held domain names of more than 800 other celebrities.Interestingly, rather than...
Baseball's Antitrust Exemption Highlighted in a New TV Campaign
26 days ago by
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TheHill.com reports that baseball's historic antitrust exemption has been highlighted as part of a new advertising campaign criticizing the health insurance industry. No doubt hoping to capitalize on the popularity of the baseball playoffs, the group Americans United for Change...
Gillispie v. U. of Kentucky Lawsuit Settled
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ESPN.com is reporting that former University of Kentucky basketball coach Billy Gillispie has settled his lawsuit against the University for $2.9 million. As I have previously discussed, Gillispie sued the University for breach of contract, among other claims, following his dismissal...
Oliver v. NCAA Ends in Settlement
26 days ago by
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Earlier this year, an Ohio state court ruled in favor of Oklahoma State University star pitcher Andrew Oliver in his lawsuit against the NCAA. Oliver had been suspended by OSU after news emerged that, years earlier, he had met with Minnesota Twins representatives with his attorneys...
Baseballs in the stands: End of the tradition?
27 days ago by
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In light of the controversy over Ryan Howard's home run ball, as well as past controversies over other record-setting and significant balls, I wonder if we are heading towards a change in how baseballs hit into the stands (at least fair balls) are treated.It seems to me that MLB...
Weekend Reading: Kooky Ideas About Steroids
October 09, 2009 by
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I've uploaded my new essay on steroids in professional sports, Blue Sky Steroids, from a symposium on Sports & Criminal Law published by Northwestern Law School's Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology. You can download the essay free of charge here. Here's the abstract...
Two thoughts on Howard's home run ball
October 08, 2009 by
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Three thoughts on the story Mark discusses about Ryan Howard's home run ball. Because I find this story really sad.First, this seems like a bad trade for Ms. Valdivia and her family. If the Barry Bonds home run ball fiasco taught us anything, it is that "historic" home...
12-Year-Old Gets Home Run Ball Back from Phillies
October 08, 2009 by
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Any student taking basic contract law learns that one makes agreements with minors at their peril, as the minor has the right to disaffirm the contract since it is presumed that the person lacks the capacity to understand the nature and consequences of his/her actions. The Philadelphia...
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