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Cause and Effect Sports Law: Who Dat Style
As a trial lawyer who has seen any number of moves/reasons for a continuance of a trial, fellow members (and future members) of the trial bar take note: sporting events that enjoy the support of a...
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"That's Some Big Blood": Selig Implements HGH Testing in the Minor League
So, in light of the much publicized Human Growth Hormone (HGH) positive test result for rugby player, Terry Newton, earlier this year, Bud Selig has implemented HGH testing for minor league baseball...
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3 K's for Kickbacks: White Sox are Latest Team with Troubles in Latin America
Originally posted at the Sports Law Blog.In another chapter in MLB’s simmering baseball kickback scandal, a Federal grand jury has indicted a former Chicago White Sox executive and two team scouts on...
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The Legal Ramifications of Addressing Student-Athletes’ Social Media Use
This past summer, the University of North Carolina was hit with a bevy of NCAA sanctions stemming from several members of its football team having received improper benefits from sports agents in...
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Learning to be a Lawyer from a Lawyer: The Benefits of Adjunct Faculty
An issue that has recently flooded the pages of the New York Times is the rapidly increasing cost of attending law school, despite the economic climate this country is currently experiencing. Law...
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Williams' Words: Audio Affect on Saints Sanctions
The release of this audio recording raises numerous issues. Williams' career was already in serious jeopardy prior to the release of this recording, but now, he is virtually un-employable. His...
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Concussions Continue to Permeate the Sporting Landscape
The National Hockey League playoffs are underway, and the League is experiencing unprecedented media coverage as a result of the $2 billion dollar contract it signed with NBC last spring. But with...
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Penn State: Dispelling the "Due Process" Myth and Perceived Precedential...
As to whether the punishment fit the crime in the imposition of punishment on current student-athletes and coaches that had no fault here, it is difficult to equate Jerry Sandusky's heinous actions and...
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Challenges to Penn State Consent Decree: Unlikely to Succeed in Court or...
Shortly after the NCAA’s imposition of unprecedented sanctions against Penn State, I wrote in this space about the myth of due process protection in the NCAA arena. Essentially, the NCAA, as a private...
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NCAA Sends Mixed Signals with New Enforcement Program
On Tuesday October 30th, the NCAA Board of Directors announced the adoption of a new enforcement structure that, among other things, creates additional levels of infractions, enhances accountability...
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NFL, Players Reach Concussion Agreement
While the $765 million proposed settlement is a considerable sum of money, a final judgment figure would possibly have greatly exceeded this dollar amount; not to mention legal fees and expert costs...
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Manziel’s Precedent: Can Current NCAA Players Collect Damages from the EA...
Last Thursday, EA Sports and College Licensing Company reached a preliminary settlementin the "Ed O’Bannon" class action lawsuit over the use of college athletes' names, images, and likenesses. The...
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