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Race Issues Sports Law

Forum: Re-examining the Place of Race in Sports

What: The West Virginia University College of Law Fall Sports Law Forum Where: West Virginia University Law Center (Marlyn Lugar Courtroom), Morgantown, West Virginia. Click here for map. When: September 11, 2008. Begins at 11:00 a.m. Panelists: Dr. John Carlos – USA Track and Field Hall of Famer.  Key role in civil rights movement. Professor […]

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Sports Law

Call For Papers: Baseball And The Law

The Green Bag Almanac & Reader seeks submissions on baseball and the law for its 2010 volume: We are seeking submissions for our 2010 Almanac & Reader, which will have a baseball-and-the-law theme. We want scholarly essays on topics related to baseball and the law. We hope to select 12 essays, each between 1500 and […]

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NBA Teams Sports Law

See Ya Seattle

After two years of constant bickering between the Sonics new owner and the fans, the time has finally come.  The conclusion of six intense days of trail left Judge Marsha Pechman several days to make her ruling and post it on the federal court’s website.  She was interrupted Wednesday night when Professional Basketball Club LLC […]

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Entertainment NBA Players Sports Law

Gambling With Your Career

After the whole Tim Donaghy scandal, it would be smart if athletes decided to stop gambling, at least for a while. Even though there is very little stopping audiences from using websites like casinokompassi.com nettikasinot to put a few wagers on here and there, and the fact that you can now use cryptocurrency so no […]

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NFL Players Sports Law

Will Allen Asked To Own Up

Since 2006, Will Allen has been a vital coil in the Miami Dolphins failing engine.  He has contributed to a defense that has been exposed for its lack of depth and especially weak secondary.  Looking at the salary that Allen is being paid, one would think that he would be doing more on the field […]

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NBA Teams Sports Law

Sonics Trial Is Done Son

After six days of draining testimony, the heated trial between the Seattle Sonics owner Clay Bennett and the City of Seattle officially ended Thursday, just hours prior to the NBA Draft. Judge Marsha Pechman announced she will issue a ruling by Wednesday of this coming week. The Judge will take all the testimony and evidence […]

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Sports Law

China Needs Clean Air For Olympics

As the Beijing Olympics impend around the corner, the Chinese have frantically been attempting to clean the air quality as well as the rest of the country.  After taking a lot of scrutiny for its civil rights record, health violations, and the cleanliness of the country, China has begun to listen to some of the […]

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NBA Players NBA Teams Sports Law

Melo Will Miss Opening Games

On Monday, the Denver Nuggets officially announced that All-Star forward Carmelo Anthony will miss the first two games of next year’s season. The suspension stems back to his DUI charge late in the previous season, when Melo was pulled over on I-25. In court, Anthony plead guilty to lesser charges of driving while ability impaired […]

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Recruiting Sports Law

Brandon Jennings Is Done Before One?

If David Stern and the rest of the NBA Executives did not have a good enough reason to scrap the league’s one-year-out-of-high school requirement thus far, which I would heavily debate, the impetus for change is now right in front of our eyes.  If the NBA does not budge on its solid stance, then there […]

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NBA Teams Sports Law

Will the Sonics Stay in Seattle?

Will the oldest professional sports franchise in Seattle still be there next season? The City of Seattle and current owner Clay Bennet began day one of a six-day bench trial Monday, in the Federal District Court of Seattle. It now comes down to Judge Marsha Pechman to decide if the Sonics will stay in Seattle […]