Sports Law
September 2011
 AMATEURISM    Solution to NCAA: Legislate free market into college sports   Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author comments on the blurry line between amateurism and professionalism in big-time college football and basketball.   Richard G. Johnson, SportsBusiness Journal, 9-19-11
 
 NCAA    Ivy League’s Campbell-McGovern up to Council challenge   She’ll join the Legislative Council in the wake of the presidential retreat that set this year's agenda.    NCAA.org, 9-21-11
 
August 2011
 ANTITRUST    Government finds it's no match for the BCS   Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author posits that the BCS might be able to carry on in the future as it has till now   Blair Kerkhoff, KC Star, 8-27-11
 
May 2011

 NCAA    March Madness NCAA basketball tournament settlement worth it    A $17 million payment gives the NCAA exclusive rights to the magic phrase.   USA Today, 5-17-11
 
 BCS     Antitrust storm clouds gather   Clips Guest Commentary   One of the 21 professors and economists who petitioned the feds to look into possible antitrust violations by the BCS states his/their case.   Andy Schwarz, special to ESPN.com, 5-11-11
 
 BCS    Justice letter could signal big trouble for BCS   Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author sifts through the ramifications, eventualities, legalities and likely outcomes of the possible intervention of the Justice Department on D1-A post-season football.   Dan Wetzel, Yahoo! Sports, 5-4-11
 
April 2011
 BCS    DOJ Asked to Probe BCS Under Antitrust Law    A group of 21 law and economics professors and practitioners has asked the Department of Justice to investigate the BCS under antitrust law, charging that the Big Six conferences have “bearhugged the goodies.”   Wall Street Journal, 4-12-11
 
March 2011
 SPORTS LAW   Can You Own a Color?   Property rights are essential to the orderly functioning of a free market economy, but how broadly can “property” be defined?   Inside Higher Ed, 3-23-11
 
February 2011
Putting a face on NCAA    VP-Enforcement Julie Roe Lach is making a tangible step toward letting the public into the complex workings of the organization.   Orange County Register, 2-17-11
 
Will a likeness rights case for ex-college athletes escalate to the Supreme Court?   Ground Zero for personal freedom advocates (and former college-athletes) will be the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasadena on Tuesday Feb. 15.   AP, 2-13-11
 
January 2011
Oscar Robertson Joins Federal Lawsuit Against NCAA    The Big O is about as big as they get, and his participation should greatly improve the prospects in the collegiate image case.   Chronicle of Higher Education, 1-27-11
 
October 2010
Athletic Trainers Could Be at Risk of Concussion Lawsuits   Fast-moving research has muddied the “standard of care,” and sports-medicine staffs could be vulnerable to litigation. Chronicle of Higher Education, 10-8-10
 
September 2010
Of copyrights, intellectual property and knockoffs . . .    Licensed apparel is a huge business globally, especially if you factor in knockoffs. The New York Times recently ran a lengthy (4000+ words) and politically incorrect expose—titled “inside the Knockoff-Tennis-Shoe Factory”—and we have summarized it for Clips readers.   New York Times, 8-19-10
 
August 2010
Race Issue May Have Gray Area   Savannah State responds to two lawsuits revolving around race. USA Today, 8-5-10
 
Athletes, agents and the NCAA: It's time for a fix   Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author champions Congressional intervention to regulate sports agent excesses.   Jim Tanner, USA Today, 8-4-10
 
Sports agent rebuts “pimp” slur   Clips Interview   Longtime agent Ralph Cindrich spoke with the Clips Editor about the vigorous finger pointing at agents as bad people.   Nick Infante, Clips Editor, 7-31-10
 
July 2010
Cooperation key to solving agent issue   Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author calls on the NCAA, the NFL and the full might and fury of the federal government to get sports agents under control.   Pat Forde, ESPN.com, 7-30-10
 
The Gospel According to Sonny    Sonny Vaccaro helped commercialize college sports. Now he wants athletes to get their due.  Libby Sander, Chronicle of Higher Education, 7-25-10
 
Competitive Cheerleading Advocates Undeterred   Title IX compliance is both an exact and inexact endeavor, and competitive cheering is one of many elements involved that is both, or neither.  Inside Higher Ed, 7-27-10
 
Quinnipiac women’s volleyball loses by winning?   In what’s likely to be pivotal ruling, a Connecticut Federal Court has slapped the wrist of an athletics program that stayed within the Title IX numbers, but seems to have lost the spirit of how to do so appropriately.   Connecticut Post, 7-21-10
 
Title IX, Chapter MMMCLXII    There’s justice, fairness, equal opportunity, the right thing, equity, proportionality, the law, what oughta be and what is. And then there’s Title IX, and more. Inside Higher Ed, 7-7-10
 
May 2010
Supreme Court Brings Back Old Memories for NCAA   Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author plunges into the quagmire of antitrust law as related to sports. The case at hand involves NFL licensed products, but will not change things for NCAA licensed merchandise.   Jeffrey Sullivan, Baker Botts LLP, 5-30-10
 
The new college athletics growth industry?   A veritable cottage industry has emerged: law firms that specialize in allegations of NCAA recruiting violations. Hartford Courant, 5-11-10
 
April 2010
Recommending a Title IX Loophole   The US Commission on Civil Rights has endorsed a “model survey” – an emailed questionnaire issued by the Office for Civil Rights in 2005 – as “the best method available” to show that an institution is satisfying Title IX guidelines.  Inside Higher Ed, 4-2-10
 
February 2010
Court Ruling Could Make Title IX Compliance Tougher for Colleges    A ruling against the Cal-Davis could have far-reaching implications for how college-sports programs comply with federal gender-equity law.   Chronicle of Higher Education, 2-25-10
 
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