Sports Law
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
 
Here's hoping ex-UCLA star O'Bannon drills this shot against NCAA   Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author conjectures about the impending discovery process that could open the NCAA’s books like never before.   By Tom Hoffarth, Long Beach Press-Telegram, 2-13-10
 
December 2009
Lack of fairness in BCS system invites antitrust scrutiny   Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest authors describe the BCS as “a classic ‘Animal Farm’ ”  . . . . “some animals have carved out special considerations for themselves.”   By Jason Maloni and Bruce Fryer of Levick Strategic Communications, SportsBusiness Journal, 12-14-09
 
The 50 most influential people in sports business   Here’s SportsBusiness Journal’s list of the media people, owners, commissioners and  agents who are the major influences in sports.   SBJ, 12-14-09
 
Motivated plaintiff could end NCAA’s settlement game    Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest authors discuss the NCAA’s modus operandi of consistently settling business-related cases out of court, thereby avoiding expensive litigation and eliminating a trial’s public scrutiny and possible legal precedence. the difference between   By Mark Nagel, University of South Carolina and Richard Southall, UNC Chapel Hill, from the Sports Business Journal issue of 11-30-09
 
October 2009
Florida State document release a yawner   It has been long fought over, it is 695 pages long, it is double-spaced, it is available in pdf format only and it seems to have been much ado about not a lot.It   Fanhouse.com, 10-16-09
 
Reality Sports Meet Publicity Rights    Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author -- an attorney who specializes in patent, trademark, trade secret and copyright litigation -- dissects the demands of video game auteurs for a sports game experience that is as close to the real world, and real players, as possible.  Jeffrey Sullivan, The National Law Journal, 10-14-09
 
September 2009
TKO for NLI in NC?     The state of North Carolina seems to have said that a National Letter of Intent signed by a 17-year old is not legally binding.   Charlotte News & Observer, 9-18-09
 
August 2009
Heat injuries in FB: a very real and serious problem   A 4-part, 6200-word series details how heat-stroke deaths are preventable with the proper precautions.   Fanhouse, 8-14-09
 
Small state, big fight   Delaware is taking on the entire alphabet soup of sports – MLB NFL NBA NHL NCAA – in its quest to eke out a competitive gaming advantage and bring in desperately needed revenues to the state budget.   USA Today, 8-6-09
 
Is Delaware the next Vegas?    Thanks to a 17-year old grandfather agreement, and a dismal state budget, tiny Delaware is lobbying to legalize sports gambling.   USA Today, 7-27-09
 
July 2009
Lack of signed contract leads Gillespie, UK to court   Clips Guest Commentary   With the messy Gillespie-Kentucky litigation looming ahead, our guest authors provide insights for both coaches and university athletic administrators about memorandums in the coach-school employment context.   Matt Wilson & Stu Brown, SportsBusiness Journal, 7-27-09
 
3 lawsuits may change how NCAA operates   Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author outlines three recent lawsuits brought against the NCAA by student-athletes.  Since 1995, the NCAA has spent over $84 million on legal fees, a figure that includes some of its settlements, according to IRS filings and interviews with the NCAA.   Mark Alesia, Indy Star, 7-26-09
 
Making NCAA pay?   Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author explores the legal morass that might be unfolding with the Ed O’Bannon class action suit accusing the NCAA of depriving former student-athletes from “myriad revenue streams.”   Dan Wetzel, Yahoo! Sports, 7-21-09
 
PRP is the new enhancer, but it’s not a PED – yet   Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is used with a doctor’s diagnosis as an “injury treatment,” so it is not considered to be a performance-enhancing agent.   Newark Star-Ledger, 7-19-09
 
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