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Professor Alfred Yen on Efforts by Colleges to Discourage Disappointing High School Recruits from Enrolling
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Over on Madisonian.net, Boston College Law School Professor Alfred Yen has a thought-provoking piece on Duke basketball recruit and high school senior Clair Watkins, whom, as a junior, Duke University offered a full scholarship to play (and enroll) at Duke. Watkins, an honors student...
Reebok files its Brief in American Needle v. NFL
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This past Tuesday was the deadline for the respondents in American Needle v. NFL to file their briefs with the United States Supreme Court. Although the NFL's brief is not yet publicly available, the brief submitted by Reebok, the NFL's co-defendant in the case, is now available...
Commissioner as Justice or Executive? Thoughts on Zelinsky
4 days ago by
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Mike already mentioned Aaron Zelinsky's new essay (forthcoming in Yale Law Journal Online) arguing that the better baseball analogy is between Supreme Court justices and the baseball commissioner. Aaron sent me a draft of the paper and I made a few comments; he gave me permission...
The dangers of consequentialism
5 days ago by
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Everyone is talking about Bill Belichek's decision to go for it on 4th-and-2 from the Pats' own 28 with around two minutes left (sorry Mike). And most people (including the NBC commentators speaking three-and-a-half minutes after the game) have concluded it was a bad decision...
Aaron Zelinsky on Benching the Judge-Umpire Analogy
6 days ago by
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Aaron Zelinsky of Yale law School has just posted on SSRN a draft of his forthcoming piece in Yale Law Journal Online titled "The Justice as Commissioner: Benching the Judge-Umpire Analogy" It's an excellent read. Zelinsky traces the judicial history of the judge-umpire...
Boise State Athletic Department Selling Stock
9 days ago by
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USA Today is reporting today that Boise State has officially formed a non-profit corporation and will begin selling shares to the public at $100 per share in hopes of raising $20 million (Boise State Athletic Department Hopes Stock Offering Raises $20 Million). AD Gene Bleymaier said...
University Presidents are Not "Powerless" to Control Coaches' Salaries
11 days ago by
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USA Today's latest study released today on college coaches' compensation reveals that at least 25 college head football coaches are making $2 million or more this season, which is slightly more than double the number two years ago, and the average pay for a head coach in the...
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
14 days ago by
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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
14 days ago by
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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
15 days ago by
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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
15 days ago by
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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
16 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
16 days ago by
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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
17 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
17 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
18 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?
24 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
25 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
27 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?
27 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
October 22, 2009 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)
October 21, 2009 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
October 19, 2009 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
October 15, 2009 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...
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